Lahore, October 5, 2011 - During his visit to Lahore, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter, accompanied by his wife Dr. Marilyn Wyatt and Consul General Nina Fite, visited the Pakistan Children's Television Project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in cooperation with the Rafi Peer Theater Workshop. During their tour of the studio, Ambassador Munter and Dr. Wyatt interacted with newly created puppets and their puppeteers. The four-year Pakistan Children Television (PCTV) Project is producing Sim Sim Hamara, Pakistan's first home-grown educational children's show which is based on the internationally beloved Sesame Street program.

This project aims to develop the language, problem-solving, and critical thinking abilities of children and promote positive attitudes among young Pakistani audiences through television and other media programs and outreach materials. The expected outcomes of the project are the development of literacy and numeracy skills, problem-solving abilities, and critical thinking of children, and greater awareness among children of the importance of educating girls and other marginalized or hard-to-reach children and recognition that these children can excel at school.