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Newspaper Articles on Clown ReliefSildeshow: Clowns Without Borders In Haiti - Boston-based members of the group Clowns Without Borders were invited back to Haiti after the earthquake, to bring laughter to hospitalized children. Here’s some of what clown Leah Abel saw on her visit in March. Clowns Without Borders plan to bring laughter back to Haiti - Aid agencies like the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders have already poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into the relief effort in Haiti. Those dollars from overseas, translate into medical supplies, clothes, and water on the ground, but what about laughter?
That's the main export of crisis response group Clowns Without Borders USA, an organization dedicated to relieving the suffering in conflict zones and refugee camps. KALW's Colin Anderson sat down with the founder of the organization, Moshe Cohen and regular volunteer, Adrian Mejia. Clowns Without Borders brings laughter to Haiti - The sound of children laughing again was heard in the earthquake devastated Haitian capital of Port au Prince on Saturday.
Youngsters of all ages from a camp near the wrecked presidential palace turned up for a few minutes respite from the hardships of life, thanks to the French Canadian charity 'Clowns Without Borders'. The four-man troupe arrived three days ago in the rubble-strewn capital, bringing laughter to hundreds of kids. Clowns to lure people from Mayon danger zone - Beyond food and other basic supplies, Albay Governor Joey Salceda will use entertainers, storytellers, and even clowns to help keep folks fleeing Mayon Volcano’s wrath inside evacuation centers.
Bracing for the long haul in evacuation centers, he said evacuees need psychosocial care to help them through their daily lives in their temporary homes.
Three-minute interview - Bruce Macphail - What’s the criteria for a Clowns Without Borders trip?
Clowns Without Borders visits post-crisis places, usually conflict zones but also natural disasters, like tsunamis and earthquakes. The idea is to bring relief to the vulnerable children in these communities. And bring laughter and play to these children. And through that to bring attention to the plight of the youth in these places, which is often sidelined when you have so many issues existing in the community. Clown therapists make Italian quake kids smile again - clown with a red rubber nose may be an unexpected sight in an otherwise somber camp for Italian earthquake survivors, but Francis Calsolaro says his monkeying around for newly homeless kids is serious.
Clown Therapy - As rescue efforts continue in central Italy following Monday’s earthquake, a team of clowns have arrived in L’Aquila to offer some moral support to displaced children.
CHILE DOCUMENTARY TO SHOW WORK OF “CLOWNS WITHOUT BORDERS” IN PALESTINE - Mikio Tsunekawa - a Chilean journalist, filmmaker and clown of Japanese origin - traveled to the West Bank and Gaza in July, 2002 along with three other members of the international humanitarian organization Clowns Without Borders. Clowning makes a community go 'round - When the call went out for clowns of the community to share their experiences with us here at The Express-Times in honor of National Clown Week, the e-mails never stopped coming. Clowns Without Borders in Haiti - As the stereo blasts out music, the clowns enter the schoolyard. Some of the children have never seen such a sight and run to the nuns for comfort.
Southern Maryland Chapter Starts Clowning Around with Disaster Relief by Partnering with Red Nose Re - The Southern Maryland Chapter and Red Nose Relief have reached a tentative agreement to work together. |
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"The small stuff" The purpose of the Clownville News website is to provide hyperlinks to news articles on clowns and other entertainers. We search the internet looking for News articles. Since we are a 'happy' newspaper, we ignore the stories of people dressing up as a clown and doing bad things. And we ignore stories where someone is called a clown. The web site is updated on at least a weekly basis with the 'new' edition ready every Monday morning. But if there is nothing good to add, there may be no updates for that week. We display hyperlinks to information from clown sites that run an News feed (Using RSS or ATOM). Such as the CRD (ClownResourceDirectory.com) and Clown Events (ClownEvents.com). If you run such a 'feed', send us an email with info on the feed and we will add you to the website.
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