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	Encyclopedia: Takalani Sesame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Takalani Sesame ("be happy Sesame" in Venda) is the South African version of the children's television program Sesame Street.
		Takalani Sesame is a multi media and multilingual educational project, which comprises television, radio and community outreach, is designed to support the reception year (Grade R) component of the Department of Education's Curriculum 2005.
		Takalani Sesame Radio, with 100 twelve-minute episodes, will also debut on September 30 and air 3 times weekly on Ukhozi FM, Umhlobo Wenene FM, Thobela FM and Motsweding FM in the language of the station, ensuring that young children are effectively reached in their mother tongue.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Takalani-Sesame (676 words)

	Taking Takalani Sesame to the children
		Effective use of Takalani Sesame by parents, caregivers and ECD Educators is a key issue for the project, and August sees the beginning of the pilot training programme in support of the project.
		Takalani Sesame was launched in July 2000, and is designed to support the ECD (Early Childhood Development) policy of the Department of Education.
		Takalani Sesame is an international co-production with Sesame Workshop, Kwazukazukela and Vuleka Productions, and was made possible in South Africa through funding provided in part by Sanlam, SABC Education, The Department of Education, and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and South African Airways (SAA).
	www.scienceinafrica.co.za /2001/september/takalani.htm (649 words)

	Sesame India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sesame India is the Hindi language adaptation of the American children's television series Sesame Street, for India.
		“Sesame Workshop’s mission is to create innovative engaging content that maximizes the educational power of media to help children reach their highest potential.
		Funding for the initial development phase of Sesame India was provided through the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and ICICI Bank.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sesame_India (469 words)

	AEGiS-PRn: UNICEF Appoints Sesame Street Muppet Kami As a Global 'Champion for Children'
		Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organisation behind Sesame Street, and the world's largest informal educator of preschool children.
		Takalani Sesame is brought to the Children in South Africa through a partnership with the Department of Education, United States Agency for International Development, Sanlam, SABC Education.
		Takalani Sesame is produced by Kwasukasukela under the creative direction of Sesame Workshop and the South African partners.
	www.aegis.com /news/pr/2003/PR031153.html (822 words)

	InterAction.org \| Library
		Takalani Sesame is a co-production of Sesame Street, one of 20 local versions Sesame Workshop has developed.
		Takalani Sesame, which premiered on television and radio in July 2000, is a partnership of the South African Broadcasting Corp., South Africa’s Department of Education, Sesame Workshop and South African nongovernmental and community-based organizations.
		Nikki Florence is the outreach coordinator for Takalani Sesame, South Africa; Donna Chandler is the assistant vice president for Education and Outreach at Sesame Workshop.
	www.interaction.org /library/detail.php?id=1205 (526 words)

	www.sagoodnews.co.za \| search \| hiv aids SA's 'Takalani Sesame' honoured with prestigious Japan Prize
		Takalani Sesame has continued making a measurable impact with children and their families since the beloved children's television series introduced a special HIV and AIDS education focus in 2002.
		Takalani Sesame incorporates an innovative curriculum created by South African educators, child development experts, scriptwriters, and filmmakers to encourage young children to develop literacy, numeracy, and life skills.
		Takalani Sesame is brought to the children of South Africa through funding that has been provided in part by the United States Agency for International Development in support of the South African Department of Education and by Sanlam, the exclusive corporate sponsor of the project.
	www.sagoodnews.co.za /search/war_on_hiv/526170.htm (482 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Takalani Sesame was launched in July 2000 and is based on the world-renowned series, Sesame Street, which was first broadcast on television in the United States 31 years ago.
		Takalani Sesame is multimedia, curriculum driven edutainment designed for children between the ages of three and seven and will give more South African children their rightful access to a school readiness programme.
		One of the hallmarks of Takalani Sesami is the combination South Africa's indigenous languages and English for educational instruction.
	www.effectcompany.com /credit.htm (1445 words)

	Sesame street hiv (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Takalani Sesame, the South African adaptation of Sesame Street,...
		Takalani Sesame uses a powerful Muppet, Kami, a five year-old who is HIV...
		SESAME STREET- According to a press release from the Children's Television Workshop, a muppet character is now known to be...
	www.wushulink.com /sesame+street+hiv.html (1070 words)

	Co-Production Home - South Africa
		Takalani Sesame is a multimedia educational program based on the international children's series Sesame Street.
		Kwasukasukela produces Takalani Sesame television and radio programs under the creative direction of Sesame Workshop and with active support and involvement of the South African education, media, film, television, and artistic communities.
		Takalani Sesame is brought to the children of South Africa through the generous support and partnership of the Department of Education, United States Agency for International Development, Sanlam, SABC Education and Sesame Workshop.
	www.sesameworkshop.org /international/za/home.php (207 words)

	AMA (Virtual Mentor) Ethx Bytes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Takalani Sesame will teach kids, by example, how to interact with a playmate who has the human immunosuppressive virus, stressing that the individual is a member of the family community.
		Takalani Sesame debuted in July 2000 as part of the South African Department of Education’s Early Childhood Development effort to provide basic literacy and mathematical skills for preschool children [5].
		Sesame Street has a sound record of success in treating matters of diversity and prejudice in ways that are appropriate and accessible to preschoolers.
	www.ama-assn.org /ama/pub/category/print/8766.html (999 words)

	United States Embassy Press Release: HIV and AIDS: 'talk to me' - a children's appeal
		However Takalani Sesame through Kami and friends, has shown viewers, listeners and readers with their age appropriate messsages, that young children are capable of understanding the disease and its consequences.
		Since its debut in 2000, Takalani Sesame, acclaimed children’s programme, has introduced young children and their families to TV and radio shows and print materials focusing on basic education and life skills.
		Takalani Sesame partners supporting the ‘talk to me’ campaign include Sesame Workshop, SABC Education, the Department of Education and the Government’s Khomanani Campaign – caring together for life.
	usembassy.state.gov /southafrica/wwwhpr10s.html (1141 words)

	Meet Kami, as Takalani Sesame launches its second season with a new Muppet living with HIV.
		The primary educational goals of presenting a regularly appearing Muppet living with HIV to the Takalani Sesame family are to promote age appropriate messages concerning the humanization, de-stigmatization and acceptance of people living with HIV and to open discussion about issues such as coping with illness and loss.
		Takalani Sesame will help promote an understanding that HIV is a virus; that people cannot determine that other people are HIV-positive just by looking at or touching them.
		In addition to the television and radio programmes, Takalani Sesame also commissions several outreach activities intended to drive the effective utilization of the media broadcasts, deepen the educational impact of the series, and provide key resources to early childhood development programs.
	www.scienceinafrica.co.za /2002/september/kami.htm (690 words)

	Sesame Street
		The show is broadcast worldwide; in addition to the USA version, many countries have locally-produced versions adapted to local needs, some with their own characters, and in a variety of different languages.
		The original format of the show called for the humans to be shown in plots on the street, intermixed with the segments of animation, live action shorts and Muppets.
		Sesame Street, along with several other Sesame Workshop produced shows (including The Electric Company) are all taped in New York City.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/se/sesame_street.html (1269 words)

	Global - Kami, the Five-Year-Old HIV/AIDs Sesame Street Muppet visits the World Bank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sesame Street, Ulitsa Sezam, Takalani Sesame, Alam Simsim, Zhima Jie, Plaza Sesamo: in different languages, these words mean the same thing to children all over the world.
		Sesame Street, which is involved in early childhood learning issues such as literacy, numeracy and respect, is broadcast in over 120 countries.
		Takalani Sesame uses a powerful Muppet, Kami, a five year-old who is HIV positive.
	www.gdln.org /WBSITE/EXTERNAL/GDLNCHILD/0,,contentMDK:20528290~menuPK:64250342~pagePK:64233834~piPK:64232164~theSitePK:841731,00.html (507 words)

	HGSE News: Opening Sesame--TV That Inspires Learning around the World
		Sesame Workshop, then known as the Children’s Television Workshop, broke new ground by packing a basic skills curriculum, founded on new and ongoing cognitive research, into lively ad-like segments.
		Takalani Sesame’s characters speak each of South Africa’s 11 official languages in an effort to instill national pride in the country’s post-Apartheid children.
		On Takalani Sesame, a segment designed to foster acceptance might depict a jubilant entourage of youngsters and Muppets, some of whom are known to have HIV, playing together.
	www.gse.harvard.edu /news/features/sesamestreet11152002.html (2475 words)

	Signs of the Times - A Muppet tackles AIDS attitudes in South Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Takalani Sesame's decision to tackle negative stereotypes has precedence in the Muppet world.
		On 'Sesame Park,' the Canadian version, a character zooms along in a wheelchair to encourage positive attitudes towards the physically disabled.
		Back on 'Takalani Sesame,' Kami is drawing pictures with a gang of other Muppets and chatting in Zulu.
	george.loper.org /~george/trends/2003/Jan/68.html (974 words)

	USAID - Welcome to USAID South Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Seven years ago, Takalani Sesame began with a simple idea: to create a place where all South African children, especially those who have limited access to education, could feel safe and learn about themselves and the world in which they live.
		Takalani Sesame reaches millions of South African boys and girls who desperately need access to preschool education, especially in rural areas.
		What makes Takalani Sesame even more successful is that it is broadcast through television and radio in children’s own home languages.
	www.sn.apc.org /usaidsa/speech65.html (1127 words)

	Sesame Street Article, SesameStreet Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sesame Street has a strong multi-cultural element and triesto be inclusive in its casting, incorporating roles for disabled people, young people, senior citizens, Hispanic actors,African-American actors, and others.
		In 2002, Sesame Workshop announced that an HIV -positivecharacter, would be introduced to Takalani Sesame, the South African version of the show.
		Sesame Street is produced by Sesame Workshop, formerlyknown as the Children's Television Workshop or CTW.
	www.anoca.org /characters/program/sesame_street.html (1213 words)

	In the global village, kids everywhere meet at 'Sesame' and Main
		Sesame Workshop is the non-profit educational organization behind "Sesame Street." Emberly then asked permission to conduct research in South Africa.
		She was put in touch with "Takalani Sesame," the South African version of "Sesame Street." Next year, she will travel to South Africa to study the program's production and to conduct research she hopes will help substantiate her theory.
		On "Sesame Street," television therapist Dr. Phil is parodied as a touchy-feely puppet named Dr. Feel who teaches children how to express their emotions.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /tv/203882_sesame16.html (1525 words)

	The Communication Initiative - Evaluations - Impact Assessment of 'Takalani Sesame' Season II Programme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This 168-page report was prepared by Khulisa Management Services for the Takalani Sesame Project, a multimedia and multi-lingual educational programme that includes a television series, a series of radio programmes, and an outreach programme that features a print component.
		This evaluation examines the impact of Takalani Sesame Season II programme materials on 3- to 6-year-old children who were not in structured preschool.
		Draw on the finding that exposure to Takalani Sesame was linked to positive changes in caregivers' teaching methods and interactions with children, adapting such a process for parents to foster positive, interactive exchanges with their children.
	www.comminit.com /evaluations/eval2005/evaluations-144.html (1494 words)

	ASMAL: LAUNCH OF TAKALANI SESAME STREET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In February this year, I announced to the media the Department's partnership with Sesame Workshop, the SABC and Sanlam to produce Takalani Sesame.
		Takalani Sesame Street is not just another television programme for children.
		Another strong element, which is entirely a South African innovation, of Takalani Sesame is the outreach component.
	www.info.gov.za /speeches/2000/000725340p1005.htm (1298 words)

	Kami from Takalani Sesame Visits World Bank
		Takalani Sesame is produced by Sesame Workshop, which is a nonprofit, educational organization behind the Muppets and Sesame shows around the world.
		The show's name and the Muppets who live on Sesame may differ from country to country to tell stories that are important to local children.
		The show is known as Sesame Street in the United States, Ulitsa Sezam in Russia, Takalani Sesame in South Africa, and Alam Simsim in Egypt.
	youthink.worldbank.org /4kids/aids/aidsstory6.php (570 words)

	PopPolitics.com - Introducing the Letters H-I-V
		Charlotte Frances Cole, Sesame Workshop's vice president for education and research, discussed her work and Takalani Sesame’s new character in a recent interview with PopPolitics.
		Sesame Workshop works with local child development experts and educators in identifying topics that are most relevant to children in-country.
		Sesame Street, and the local versions of the series, have always addressed children’s affective development as well as their cognitive development.
	www.poppolitics.com /articles/2002-09-20-takalanisesame.shtml (1115 words)

	ASMAL: LAUNCH OF TAKALANI SESAME
		Takalani Sesame is about our children and their future.
		Takalani Sesame is an important intervention that is designed to bring fun, laughter and education to the child.
		Allow me to happily add that the name "Takalani Sesame" was suggested by one of the learners in a competition to name the series that was conducted by Kwasukasukela.
	www.info.gov.za /speeches/2000/0002241034a1009.htm (925 words)

	South African TV Special 'Takalani Sesame's Talk to Me' Honored with Prestigious Japan Prize : ArriveNet Press Releases ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		They were widely distributed to educators, parents, and caregivers, and were estimated to benefit more than 2 million children in four regions of the country.(3) These resources reinforced and expanded upon the educational messages in the Takalani Sesame radio and television programs, and played an important role in the success of the project.
		Targeted to children 3-7, Takalani Sesame's lessons are illustrated through humor, music, fantasy and daily life situations.
		Takalani Sesame is brought to the children of
	press.arrivenet.com /entertainment/article.php/714059.html (670 words)

	The Body: The Muppet Menace or Republicans in the 'Hood
		What also makes "Sesame Street" so wonderful is how it has evolved, sensitively tackling real life issues -- like explaining death and the loss of a loved one, acknowledging Spanish-speaking Americans, and introducing children to people, cultures and careers that might be different than those found in their own lives.
		In other words, the Sesame Workshop oversees the re-creation of localized versions of "Sesame Street" that reflect local languages, customs and educational needs, so new characters and new scripts are routinely developed for children living in other countries.
		In South Africa, their version of "Sesame Street" is called "Takalani Sesame." It features mixed-race couples, disabled children, multilingual Muppets (South Africa has eleven official languages), skits about accepting people who look different, and lessons specifically designed for smaller kids living in a country still grappling with the aftermath of apartheid.
	www.thebody.com /asp/sept02/lazarus.html (1300 words)

	AIDS - Sesame Street Lessons for the World Bank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		At Sesame Workshop, we believe that television is the most important teacher in the history of mankind,” Knell said.
		Sesame Workshop demonstrated how educationally entertaining programming -- “edutainment media” -- appeals to the children and youth it is targeting, and how to build on their interest in attempting to achieve determined development objectives.
		The show is known as Sesame Street in the United States, Ulitsa Sezam in Russia, Takalani Sesame in South Africa, and Alam Simsim in Egypt, for example.
	web.worldbank.org /WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTHEALTHNUTRITIONANDPOPULATION/EXTHIVAIDS/0,,contentMDK:20195574~menuPK:376509~pagePK:64020865~piPK:149114~theSitePK:376471,00.html (904 words)

	HIV Muppet Not Coming to America - Jul 17, 2002 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The character is intended to help dispel the myths that surround HIV and AIDS in a country where an estimated one in nine is infected with the virus and, by 2015, 15 precent of all children under 15 is expected to be orphaned due to the epidemic.
		It is producer Sesame Workshop, not the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, that develops content for the various incarnations of the show.
		The HIV-Muppet is being created for Takalani Sesame as part of an AIDS education initiative by Sesame Workshop in cooperation with South Africa's Department of Education and the South African Broadcasting Corporation--not to mention, as Mitchell notes in her letter, the U.S. Agency for International Development.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,10256,00.html (553 words)

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