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The British Bus Project: Armenia
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This blog reports on the British Bus Project, undertaken by the British Embassy, Yerevan. The project targets children aged 8-14 years old and uses theatre to teach them about freedom of choice, keeping the city clean, using public utilities safely, traffic rules and so on.
Recent Posts
The British Bus Breaks for Summer!
July and August will not see any performances by the British Bus. The original project was slated to end in June 2007, but we have been greatly encouraged to continue by the children, schoolteachers and principals whom we were proud to have in our au...
The British Bus Wraps Up June
The British Bus completed its series of performances in the second half of June with plays for the children at Aregnazan school, the Ajapnyak Children Care Centre and Zeitun, where beneficiaries of the organisation SOS had gathered. We got very posit...
The British Bus at Mkhitar Sebastatsi!
The British Bus went to the Bangladesh district of Yerevan today to perform at the Mkhitar Sebastatsi educational complex. We had an audience of about 100 eager young faces. The topic for the day was about keeping the environment clean, and our life-...
Back at Zatik Orphanage
Another place we love visiting is Zatik. It was our second visit there. The children were very happy to see us again and even talked about how they had loved making the paper-toy British Bus that we had left them last time. This time our performance...
Orran Again!
We love the children at Orran, and it shows!The British Bus was at Orran again today and this time our performance focused on pluralism and diversity. The children agreed - it's OK to be different, and there is no need to make fun of someone just bec...
The British Bus in Gyumri!
Yes, the British Bus left Yerevan for the first time on Saturday, June 2. We visited the Trchoonyan Orphanage in Gyumri and were very warmly received by the children and administration there. The children put on a performance that showcased, in the w...
