Christina de Bruin, Deputy Representative at UNICEF Côte d’Ivoire, joins host Angelica Ponguta, Associate Research Scientist at Yale University. Ms. de Bruin discusses how the UNICEF Learning for Peace program in the Ivory Coast empowers women of different ethnicities at early childhood development centers to build trust and peace for their children, families, and communities.
Ana Estela Haddad, former First Lady of the City of São Paulo and Coordinator of the Municipal Policy for Integral Early Childhood Development – São Paulo Carinhosa Program, joins host, Dr. Maria Conceicao do Rosario, Associate Professor at the Federal University of São Paulo and Adjunct Professor at the Yale Child Study Center. Dr. Haddad discusses how the Carinhosa Program, São Paulo’s municipal policy for early childhood development, works to improve the lives of refugee, immigrant, and urban children.
Dr. Ghassan Issa, Co-founder and Coordinator at the Arab Resource Collective (ARC) in Beirut, Lebanon, joins host Frank Boudon, undergraduate student at Yale University. Dr. Issa discusses ARCs integrated approach to building partnerships and overcoming challenges when working on early childhood development (ECD), its importance for building peace and preventing violence in the Middle East.
Dr. Lina María González Ballesteros, Healthy Living Leader at the Fundación Saldarriaga Concha in Bogota, Colombia, joins host Marin Chanel, graduate student at Yale University. Dr. Ballesteros discusses her foundation’s success in mobilizing funds for investment in early childhood in Colombia through the conceptualization of peacebuilding from early childhood.
Katie Maeve Murphy, Early Childhood Development Technical Advisor to the International Rescue Committee (IRC), joins host, Angelica Ponguta, Associate Research Scientist at Yale University. Mrs. Murphy discusses IRCs emphasis on family and parenting programs to foster early childhood development in crisis conditions to promote peacebuilding.
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