Media Education and Literacy and Optimisation of Newsrooms (MELON)
- Project duration: March 2024 – October 2025
- Donor: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands through Internews in Moldova
- Purpose: Media literacy promotion through educational theatre
- Activities: The tour of the Russian version of the PikPok.online@guguta show, staged by the Municipal Puppet Theatre “Guguta”, in the southern, northern, and central districts of the Republic of Moldova; One training delivered by IJC for the acting crew to guide the discussions on media literacy with audiences.
- Results: Over 2,000 Russian-speaking children watched PikPok.online@guguta, which was performed 21 times during the tour. The “Guguta” Theater presented this show in 21 kindergartens and schools in ten regions of the country. The tour took place after the actors received training from the IJC in the field of media education.
