Our Work in Africa
2 Who We Are A nonprofit educational media organization making a meaningful difference in the lives of children worldwide by addressing their critical developmental needs What We Do We create innovative, engaging, content-based programming that maximizes the educational power of media to help all children reach their highest potential How We Do It Through a cross-sectoral approach that brings together government agencies, broadcasters, NGO’s, educators, child development experts, and international development organizations to achieve sustainable results
3 Mexico Brazil Canada Netherlands France Spain Israel Portugal Norway Russia Poland Israel/Palestine Germany South Africa Egypt We have been engaged in 22 local adaptations on every continent of the world Sesame Stories – 2003 Israel (Sippuray Sumsum) Jordan (Hikayat Simsim) Palestine (Hikayat Simsim) China
4 Meeting local educational needs Egypt: Girls’ Education Basic Skills Health South Africa: Diversity Literacy, Numeracy, and Life Skills HIV/AIDS Israel/Palestine/Jordan: Respect & Understanding Mexico: Health, Safety, Nutrition Environment Gender Equity Literacy Tanzania: Malaria Prevention Basic Life Skills Bangladesh: Girls’ Education Basic Skills Critical Thinking
5 Where We Are In Africa South Africa Takalani Sesame TV Takalani Sesame Radio Takalani Sesame Outreach Tanzania Kilimani Sesame TV Kilimani Sesame Radio Kilimani Sesame Outreach Nigeria (project soon to launch) Nigeria Sesame TV Nigeria HIV awareness campaign
6 The objective is to produce a multi-media education project to address the needs of the most disadvantaged South African children Public/Private Partnership
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