MacArthur Foundation Is Giving $100 Million Prize to Start a Middle Eastern Version of Sesame Street/Muppets in Order to Upgrade Their Childhood Development Programs
Yep, Muppets are headed to the Middle East.
Together, The MacArthur Foundation, The Sesame Workshop, and the International Rescue Committee are aiming to provide entertaining and educational children’s TV to Syrian refugees as well as kids in all across the Middle East (including Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq).
Notably, it will be made just for them and the lives they lead, which will undoubtedly make for one of the most fascinating corners of the Sesame Street/Muppets universe in addition to providing valuable edutainment.