Seeds of Peace

Sesame Workshop (the non-profit that produces Sesame Street) and Seeds of Peace teamed up to form a project called “Sesame Seeds.”

Sesame Seeds involves 20 Israeli and Palestinian Seeds—two groups, from Tel-Aviv and Haifa, of 10 Seeds each—to work as informal educators in kindergartens in their communities. Seeds are using the popular Sesame Stories series and educational materials developed by Sesame Workshop to educate children about tolerance and coexistence. One kindergartener from a Palestinian refugee camp recently told a Seed that the day Sesame Seeds came to his school was the happiest day he'd had in two years.

In December 2008, 46 Seeds attended the Sesame Presentations Seminar in Jaffa. This seminar was designed to give Seeds the tools for running school presentations and activities in kindergarten classrooms. During the seminar, Seeds heard lectures, planned events and had a night tour of Jaffa, during which they learned more about the complex history of Jews and Arabs living side by side in the city.