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Our Impact
What difference can a clown make? Well, ask yourself this: What’s the value of a moment of laughter?
And how would your answer change for a child who has been displaced, has lived through war, or has survived environmental disaster?
27,000
lives changed
including our audience members, our artists, and our partners
56
hours
of workshops given for artists, first responders, and aid workers
28
years
of site-specific, culturally appropriate performances for displaced people
43%
of performers
who share the audience’s culture or language
50+
artists
touring and performing worldwide with us every year
But There's More to Impact Than Numbers!
Let’s go back to that question:Â the value of laughter.Â
For some, laughter is a fleeting drop in a sea of happiness. For others, it’s something more: a beacon of hope, a touchstone, a happy memory that they can revisit day after day, year after year. It might be the only happy memory they have to hold onto.
As we clowns believe, laughter is a human right. And the value of defending that right is priceless.
Our mission is to make sure that all children â especially those surviving the hardest conditions of displacement, natural disaster, and war â are able to access the right to laugh and play.
Our impact is measured in...
- Laughs
- Hopeful smiles
- Happy memories
- Surprises
- High-fives
- Parades
- Hugs
- Kids on stage
- Tears of joy (and other emotions!)
We Build Resilience Through Laughter
As performance artists, we arenât giving people food, medicine, or housing, and we certainly arenât solving crises. What we ARE doing is bringing to our audiences laughter, play, and proof that they matter.
We may be creating small moments of joy, but the impact is so much larger â larger even than our giant clown shoes!
âIt may seem that the importance of laughter is harder to quantify than serving meals or blankets. However, laughter is a measure of healing because it represents the ability to access and draw strength from the part of us that is resilient in the face of trauma.â
– Naomi Shafer, Executive Director
