UNIMA

Puppetry in designing and performing. Young Ukrainian refugee pupils of two classes were given the possibility to create and build a personal or visional place. They designed a shoe-box with free choose out of many materials and colors. There was no right or false. Children were completely free in creating. They got help in realizing own ideas. Followed by the creating of small rod-puppets and with use of small finds little scenes were performed. This helped to gather the individual and collective emotions and visions. The children could close the box with a lid and take it away. It was an act of re-orientation, arriving and safe space. They laughed and were proud. It had prophylactic effects against posttraumatic disorders.