Guest Author - Sarah Stauffer

No Child Without a Smile is the motto. A volunteer organization comprised of artists and performers with one mission: Uplifting others through laughter. Crisis relief via the old adage: Laughter is the best medicine. Laughter boosts the immune system, and lessens pain. Laughing also reduces stress, lowers blood pressure and has a beneficial effect on our overall well being.

"Clowns Without Borders offers laughter to relieve the suffering of all persons, especially children, who live in areas of crisis including refugee camps, conflict zones and territories in situations of emergency. "

Theatrical and circus oriented performances and workshops are brought to communities with the hope of bringing much needed light to some very dark and dire situations.

"We focus on culturally sensitive levity and contemporary/european style clowning."

Clowns Without Borders has recently brought laughter and light to South Africa, Haiti, Mexico, Nepal (Bhutanese refugee camps and Tibetan refugee centers), Serbia, Bosnia, Kosovo and the state of Louisiana for post hurricane relief. Future plans are to visit Guatemala and the Sudan.

Visit the site and see for yourself. The smiling faces of children in the midst of such horrendous despair is so wonderful. What a fantastic organization. The gift of humor provides profound psychological support to those in need.



Spread The Word~ “A smile has the potential to bring back a collective psychological balance, it promotes social and creative values, as well as tolerance and diversity within communities.”