One of the tools we have developed in Zimbabwe to allow for counselling of children, is puppetry. Many of our partners are very enthusiastic about this, and keep requesting for it to take place at their organisation, which is fine, but it means we have to lend them our home made puppet box as well as the puppets. 
Since our programme is closing at the end of the year, we thought it would be more sustainable to equip each organisation with not only hand made puppets, but also the knowledge as to how to make them. So, for two days, 3 counsellors from each organisation came to learn how to make puppets at Oasis, the organisation who had taken the lead to organize this. They sewed, stitched, braided, let their imagination run loose to create the most divers but lovely puppets. Even the only man amongst them (counselling is generally more done by women) made 14 puppets all by himself! It also meant they had two days to chat, share stories and compare how they worked while sewing, which created a very particular and special atmosphere.
Nice atmosphere, but they still made arrangements that everyone had their own personal needle, which wouldn't be shared. When working with so many AIDS orphans, HIV/AIDS is always in people's minds...
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Making you own handmade puppets can be fun, first of all you should have good puppet idea and information you shared is good.
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