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Nurturing care: the role of the education sector
A new year brings predictions. Here is mine: in 2018 the momentum around early childhood development will continue to build. No surprise,…
Management case studies
Cuna Más Part One: Peru’s Early Childhood Programme Struggles to Maintain Quality as it Scales Up
This case study weighs up the achievements and challenges of rapid expansion experienced by Peru’s Cuna Más programme.
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Beschuit met muisjes! A paternity leave breakthrough in the Netherlands
“Beschuit met muisjes” is the typical Dutch treat to celebrate the birth of a child in the Netherlands. They are crackers topped…
Research report
Building Better Cities with Young Children and Families
This publication offers strategies, principles, and best practices on how to engage our youngest citizens and families in city building.
Case
Empowering the last mile workers – Scaling up early learning programme through workforce development
Seven thousand people to be trained in three months? Are you crazy? This is what I was told by Professor Mukti Kanta…
Early Childhood Matters
Early Childhood Matters 2017
This edition showcases innovation in early childhood development, bringing fresh ideas and exploring what it takes to bring them to scale.
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The Beginning of Life documentary
Available on Netflix and other platforms, and in multiple languages, the documentary The Beginning of Life (O Começo da Vida) emotionally brings…
Corporate Publications
Annual Report 2016
This report illustrates our impact in 2016, capturing what we achieved and what we learnt.
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Helping parents in the Netherlands to keep all their plates spinning
With only a simple technique using a small stick, Chinese acrobats have been performing the tradition of “plate spinning”. Acrobats are challenged…
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“Smiley Brick”: an initiative to brand child-friendly brick kilns
A smiley is a symbol that represents a smiling face, typically used to indicate emotion. As per Smithsonian, the smiley face as…
Announcement
How we made the documentary ‘The Beginning of Life’
I’m part of a team of filmmakers who believe in the power of films to transform the world. With that mission, we…
Report
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty: Whole Family Approach
This publication introduces a “two generation” approach as a way to reduce poverty and improve child development.