<nettime> Sesame Streets moves to Macedonia

["Ivo Skoric" <ivo@reporters.net>]

They might be getting their funds cut at home by the Slobo-like 
congressional leaders, but they are moving their reconciliatory 
influence close to the Slobo-land...
ivo

>>
>> MILS NEWS
>> Skopje, August 17, 1999
>>  
>> MILS SUPPLEMENT
>> '"Our Neighborhood" - An Attempt to Prevent Conflicts'
>> `Nova Makedonija' - August 15th
>> (Taken from `Financial Times' - `Muppet makers try to bridge 
ethnic
>> divide')
>>
>> The creators of "Sesame Street" and "The Muppets", the 
classic US
>> children's television series, are turning their talents to Balkan
>> peace and reconstruction efforts. The award-winning Children's
>> Television Workshop, producers of  "Sesame Street" since 
1969, is part
>> of a pioneering project in Macedonia designed to tackle two of 
the
>> root causes of ethnic conflict in south-east Europe: segregate
>> education and partisan media.
>>
>> This autumn, Macedonian state television will broadcast the 
first of a
>> planned 40-part children's television drama series, based 
around the
>> lives of two families - one Macedonian and one Albanian who 
live in a
>> mixed neighborhood.
>>
>> "Nashe Maalo" (Our Neighborhood) was devised by the 
Children's
>> Television Workshop and the Macedonian branch of Search for 
Common
>> Grounds (SCG) - a Washington DC-based non-governmental 
organization
>> dedicated to 'conflict prevention'. Targeted at 10-year-olds, the
>> series aims to bridge the gap between Macedonian and 
Albanian children
>> who are taught in their own languages in separate classrooms. 
It will
>> focus on language and customs, giving young viewers a chance 
to learn
>> about Orthodox and Moslem traditions and to learn a basic 
vocabulary
>> and set of everyday phrases in Macedonian and Albanian.
>>

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