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 Background:  Moshe Cohen on a Clowns Without Borders project. March 2012 Children's Training Schools in Myanmar are state run institutions that house children whom have been arrested by the state and placed in detention. These children are orphans, street kids,...

It's been 10 days since our wonder and laughter full show at the Malikha Girl's Training School.  Here's a slideshow,   a few photos from the show, followed by a series from the moment before we left as I was standing near their dormitory area. Bittersweet feelings...

story:Moshe Cohen. photos. Phillipe Martinez. Mitrovica, Kosovo Thursday November 9, 2000 The security precautions on this trip are: Do not talk Albanian to the Serbs, or Serbian to the Albanian audiences.  Don't use Yugoslav Dinars in Albanian sections, only in...

Day 4 The afternoon show is in Zona 18 on a flat soccer field, not quite as dusty as yesterdays' railroad tracks. Its our first full group show due to transportation backups in Livingston where the river boat broke down and part of our expedition (Tortell, Montse...

Guatemala City, Guatemala I would be hard pressed to describe Guatemala City fully. Pockets of wealth amongst expanses of grey. I am flying in from San Francisco to join up with a group of Catalan performers who have already been there several days. When I arrive they...

Ofunato Day 5 Japanese tradition dictates the form for our school shows and workshops, more so in the elementary schools than the child care centers. We are often received at the door by the vice principal, who then brings us up to the principal’s office where we have...

Every day we drive through Ofunato on the way to our performances.  This is a bit of what we see. : Past the harbor Through downtown:  

It's 7am of day 4...an hour to departure time, with a two hour drive ahead to 2 shows...here's some photos finally....

The contrasts are enormous. From the beauty of the deep green tree canopied mountain cliffs hovering over amazing ocean vistas to unending acres of bulldozed civilization, infinity of man made hills of the tsunami's debris.  What I saw the first day was just the...

Back story.  I have come over to Japan on a Clowns Without Borders collaboration with the Tyler Foundation's Shine On! Smile Ambassador program. The Tyler Foundation's focus is on childhood cancer, however following the Tsunami/Earthquake disaster last march,...