Maasai children in school in Tanzania, Africa.

Child development programs across the globe

Child development programs across the globe

Contributions of early childhood development services to preventing violent conflict and sustaining peace
Maasai children in school in Tanzania, Africa.
Maasai children in school in Tanzania, Africa. © Michal Bednarek | Dreamstime Images

Introduction

According to the 2017 Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC) issue brief, “Contributions of Early Childhood Development Services to Preventing Violent Conflict and Sustaining Peace”, early childhood development (ECD) services that are based on the aspects of nurturing care can strengthen resilience and foster behaviors in children and caregivers. There are multiple promising early childhood development programs that have been developed, evaluated and disseminated across the globe by members of the ECPC. 

In this section, we feature ECD services and programs that can also be leveraged as social platforms for engaging conflicting sociocultural, ethnic or religious identity groups in joint programming efforts towards shared goals. 

Explore this work area by scrolling through each of the sections and subsections below. 

Additional information relating to this work area will be provided as it becomes available.

Topics & initiatives

Refugee school children in South Africa give thumbs up.

Exemplars: Child development programs

In this section, we feature global early childhood development (ECD) services and programs that can be leveraged as social platforms for engaging conflicting sociocultural, ethnic or religious identity groups in joint programming efforts towards shared goals.
Young boy in car seat listens to a program on his mobile phone.

Podcasts: Early child development programs

Featured in this section are podcasts from the ECPC series "Pathways to Peace" that pertain to early childhood development programs by world region.
Mother and father share a bonding experience with their young child by holding hands on an ocean beach at sunset.

New Directions in Child & Adolescent Development 2018 | Celebrating the transformative power of children & families to build a more peaceful world

Jharia, India —Children receive education with the help of an NGO (2013). (Photo 28999858 © Samrat35 | Dreamstime.com)

Landscape analysis of early childhood development and education in emergencies

This research article systematically addresses the challenges and root causes of low access to early childhood development and education in emergencies in the global context. 
Beautiful East Indian mother holds her young son.

Nurturing care: Promoting early childhood development

The 2017 Lancet Series on Advancing Early Childhood Development: From Science to Scale (Paper 2) / Updates ► 2020
Child embraces Earth beach ball.

ECD program designs & evaluations

  • Too young to notice? - N. Ireland

  • The Media Initiative for Children (MIFC) - N. Ireland

  • Una: Global Learning Initiative on Children & Ethnic Diversity

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