Sim Sim Hamara Sim Sim Hamara ( " Our Street " ) is an Urdu - language Pakistani - coproduction of " Sesame Street " , first aired November 26 , 2011 . The series is co - produced with Sesame Workshop and the Rafi Peer Cultural Centre . It is funded by the United States Agency for International Development ( USAID ) . USAID would have fund 72 half - hour episodes over four seasons . Of the episodes , 52 were to be dubbed for broadcast on regional television channels throughout the country , in Sindhi , Punjabi , Balochi , and Pashto . Some content will be broadcast on the radio ; this program will also directly target mothers . Previously the country aired " Bert and Ernie ' s Great Adventures " on Turner Entertainment Network Asia . Earlier , the show was to be named " Gali , Gali Hamara " ( roughly " Every Street , Ours " ) . Filming was to begin in March 2011 , on air on national broadcaster PTV by July ; as of April filming began in the summer , airing in the autumn . On June 5 , 2012 , it was announced that the show was cancelled due to financial problems from the USAID . Characters . The series featured 14 characters , only two of which aren ' t Pakistani . Outreach . Among the outreach , there were plans for open - air " Hamara " - themed festivals in 30 large cities and 150 rural villages . In total , In addition , " the project will work to include out - of - school children in various educational activities , " according to USAID . Pre - production . From October 20 to 21 , 2010 , over 50 education and media experts from Pakistan gathered in Islamabad , to develop content for the " Pakistan Children ' s Television Project " . The sessions , in accordance with the 2009 Pakistan National Education Policy , was for those aged 4 to 9 . After the session , the episode commission was revised from 78 episodes to 72 , and the minimum target age from 4 to 5 . By late October 2011 , the number of episodes had returned to 78 , with 52 episodes filmed in alternate languages . There were 130 radio episodes in 5 languages , as well . Rafi Peer Cultural Centre . The Rafi Peer Cultural Centre was one of 300 agencies that bid for the contract from USAID , to co - produce with Sesame Workshop . Founded in 1974 , and named after Rafi Peerzada , it is the country ' s oldest performing arts company . Studying in Rafi England , Peerzada went against his family ' s wishes , studying theatre and going to Germany . There he worked alongside legendary stage directory Max Reinhardt , and knowing era luminaries including Fritz Lang , Berthold Brecht and Kurt Weil . During the rise of the Nazis , he return home in 1930 to Pakistan , joining efforts for independence and trying to create a theatre world in the country . At the time , even watching a theatre production was scorned by the conservative culture . The radio production of his play " Akhian " is considered among the most important early theatrical works in the Urdu language . His film " Neecha Nagar " won a Grand Prix award at the first Cannes Film Festival , is the very first Indian film to gain outside recognition , and is considered a pioneering effort in social realism in Indian film . The Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop was founded in the final year of his life . In 1992 , 1994 , 1996 , and 1998 , the Pakistan International Puppet Festival was organized by the Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop . They were also influential in setting up the " Union International de la Marionnette " in Pakistan in 1993 . At one point , the organization was working towards a Museum of Puppetry in Lahore . Co - founder Faizaan Peerzada has personally built over 1500 puppets in his career . The organization has seen its share of trouble . Their events have been attacked in the past , including a 2008 world arts festival ; a half - dozen died in three small bomb blasts . Reception . Criticism . FOX News pundits claimed that the series would be useless , and instead schools with " Made in the USA " should be built . They also suggested that it would be a long time until viewers would grow up and think " I like America " . Another pundit suggested that the series would be " cost effective , " compared to buying drones , to help " anti - brainwash " Islamists . Another asked " if we ' re subsidizing " Sesame Street " , why not " Zoobilee Zoo " ? Why not " Great Space Coaster " ? Why not " Fraggle Rock " ? I mean , there ' s other deserving shows here , if we ' re going to start spending money on Elmo and the gang . " According to FOX News , the series has been aired " in 20 different countries . "