
The Sesame Workshop, the educational arm of the long-running television series, with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is one of eight semi-finalists in the McArthur Foundation’s 100&Change grant competition for one single proposal that promises ‘real and measurable progress’ towards solving one critical problem of our time.
Cecilia Conrad, managing director of the MacArthur Foundation, said, ‘We’re familiar with the immediate impact of refugee status, but Sesame Workshop and the IRC are taking a more forward-looking approach and designing an intervention today that draws from their respective expertise.’
The Sesame Works and IRC partnership aims to tackle one of the greatest crises of our time and is one of very few initiatives that are addressing the needs of young children who are displaced.
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