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Here's a creative way to help a cause overseas: fundraising via puppet show.
The Titirilandia (Puppetland) Festival concluded in Madrid yesterday with a marathon puppet show, sales from which will go to build a school in Tacara, in southwestern Bolivia—a project that will directly benefit 207 Quechua Indians in the remote community.
IPS reports that the idea of ending the annual puppet festival with a fundraising marathon for educational projects in developing countries has been around since 1994.
In Tacara, the region that will benefit this year, 58 percent of children do not finish primary school—largely because right now they have to walk 15 kilometers to get to school.
Six groups of puppeteers and other storytelling groups were scheduled to perform free of charge. IPS quotes Elisa Iglesia, in charge of volunteering for Ayuda en Acción—Action Aid in Spain—describing the group's plan: they will "build a classroom and equip it with school furniture and appropriate teaching materials, as well as housing for teachers, and a toilet block. Teachers and school officials will be offered tailormade training workshops."
It's just one school, but it will make a dent in the lack of resources available to so many schoolchildren (or should-be schoolchildren) around the world.
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