Conveyor Belt
10-07-2006, 10:37 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20061005/ts_csm/cmuppets
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - "Bang!" The little puppet boy steps on a mine, and now he only has one leg. The Afghan children watching the video at a school on a Kabul hillside gasp.
Puppets have long been used to entertain and to teach children basic lessons such as how to count and the letters of the alphabet.
Now in Afghanistan the creators of Muppet stars Miss Piggy and Fozzy Bear have teamed up with two charities to teach children a lesson in survival: how not to get killed or maimed by the millions of land mines still buried in the Afghan soil.
"The Story of the Little Carpet Boy," loosely based on Pinocchio, is the brainchild of No Strings International, a British charity set up to reach children in war-torn areas and teach them vital life lessons through puppetry.
Wow, I wonder if this thing is on youtube, yet. I think it's sad that people have to deal with the dangers of anti-personel and anti-tank mines in their daily lives. I think that mines are a necessity in warfare, but I do wish that countries would be more responsible in their usage.
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - "Bang!" The little puppet boy steps on a mine, and now he only has one leg. The Afghan children watching the video at a school on a Kabul hillside gasp.
Puppets have long been used to entertain and to teach children basic lessons such as how to count and the letters of the alphabet.
Now in Afghanistan the creators of Muppet stars Miss Piggy and Fozzy Bear have teamed up with two charities to teach children a lesson in survival: how not to get killed or maimed by the millions of land mines still buried in the Afghan soil.
"The Story of the Little Carpet Boy," loosely based on Pinocchio, is the brainchild of No Strings International, a British charity set up to reach children in war-torn areas and teach them vital life lessons through puppetry.
Wow, I wonder if this thing is on youtube, yet. I think it's sad that people have to deal with the dangers of anti-personel and anti-tank mines in their daily lives. I think that mines are a necessity in warfare, but I do wish that countries would be more responsible in their usage.