Sherrie Westin, President of Global Impact and Philanthropy at Sesame Workshop, brings us inside the creation of Ahlan Simsim, the $100 million partnership between Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee that delivers vital early learning and nurturing care to families affected by the Syrian conflict. Sherrie discusses how this groundbreaking program — the largest early childhood intervention in the history of humanitarian response — fosters the values of mutual respect and inclusion, putting children and their communities on the path to a more hopeful and peaceful future.

ABOUT SHERRIE ROLLINS WESTIN
Sherrie Westin is President of Global Impact & Philanthropy for Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street. She leads the Workshop’s efforts to serve vulnerable children. Westin was named a “Leading Global Thinker” by Foreign Policy Magazine and one of Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business”.

- To learn more about Sherrie Rollins Westin and her work at Sesame Workshop, visit https://ecdpeace.org/sherrie-rollins-westin
- To learn more about the work of Sesame Workshop's humanitarian response to the refugee crisis, visit https://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-room/press-releases/sesame-workshop-international-rescue-committee-award-100-million-early
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This ECPC event was organized by and made possible with support from Queen’s University Belfast, Yale University, and UNICEF.

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"Euphoria" by Crutchfield
"Cinematic Motivation Trailer" by StudioKoloma