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Sesame Street creates Rohingya Muppets to help refugee children
Twins Noor and Aziz Yasmin will feature in educational videos shown in refugee camps in Bangladesh
The children’s TV show Sesame Street has unveiled its first Rohingya Muppets to help thousands of refugee children overcome trauma and tackle the impact of coronavirus in the world’s largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh.
Six-year-old twins Noor and Aziz Yasmin will feature alongside the show’s famous characters such as Elmo and Louie in educational videos in Rohingya language in the camps, according to Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organisation behind the show.