Learning circus skills in a danger zone

Travelling through danger zones, the Afghan Mobile Mini Circus for Children aims to entertain kids and adults alike.

It also gives children aged 5-17 the chance to learn juggling, unicycling, acrobatics, and magic tricks.

Visiting internally displaced persons camps and orphanages the project has grown so popular it now runs centres in ten provinces to spread a little joy in the war-torn country.

“We are all tired of war,” says one Afghan schoolgirl attending a performance. “We have enjoyed this entertainment programme. We wish to have peace and security in our country so we can have more fun and this kind of amusement in our life.”

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The circus was opened in 2002 to help children orphaned and traumatised by the conflict.

Many of the instructors are orphans themselves.

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