Those of you reading this who know me or have seen my Facebook feed will know that beyond my sharing of posts related to FieldWorks my second-most shared passion topic is about a small Afghan organization called the Mobile Mini Circus for Children. I had the opportunity to work with them back in my Kabul days in 2011 when we jointly put together a program to run child friendly spaces in displacement camps around the city. They have:

  • a hugely dedicated team of people achieving incredible results on shoestring budgets;
  • activities that kids love to engage with and which instill a huge sense of purpose and community within each individual;
  • staff that have joined the team after growing up taking part in the MMCC programs and believed strongly enough in the impact it had on them that they wanted to be part of the mission to share it with others;
  • an organization that is as structurally sounds and well-managed as any UK or U.S. charity of similar size;
  • and last but by no means least, an approach that is grounded in a pedagogy that today is gaining international recognition as a leading method to helping children deal with the trauma of displacement and violence.

Read the full article about Mobile Mini Circus for Children by Federico Motka at FieldWorks.