Giant ‘Amal’ Puppet Highlights Child Refugee Crisis. (Realpress)
Giant ‘Amal’ Puppet Highlights Child Refugee Crisis. (Realpress)

A nearly 12-foot-tall puppet doll is scheduled to embark on a 5,000-mile journey from the Syria-Turkey border to the U.K. to highlight the problems facing young refugees.Little Amal, created by the Handspring Puppet Company in Cape Town, South Africa, symbolizes a Syrian child refugee.

Her genesis began in 2015 in the play “The Jungle,” which was performed in the Calais, France, refugee camp for children by the London-based Good Chance Theatre.

(Realpress)