# 'Big Bird' to land in Ireland

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/01/29/039big-bird039-land-ireland/
- Published: 2006-01-29T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The American Ireland Fund is to give $1 million to Sesame Street to produce 26 shows
that teach tolerance to Northern Ireland children. The funding follows research 
which found that children as young as three years old have sectarian beliefs.
The
programme is part of Sesame Street’s global outreach to politically troubled countries
that has seen specially designed shows for children’s TV in Kosovo, Palestine and
Israel.

American Ireland Fund spokesman Kieran McLoughlin said that Sesame Street had already
secured about 40 per cent of funding and that the Fund’s finance had secured the
project.

The Ireland Funds raises money for charitiable work in Ireland in a number of countries
where there is a significant Irish community.

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