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TheirWorld has looked at the issue of nurturing young children in South Africa through the eyes of an ECD centre owner, a charity worker and an academic.  Thuthukile Mhlungu, owner and principal of Inkanyezi ECD centre, says: “For a long time ECD has been lacking political support. So now it’sRead More →

October 12, 2018: Lisa Bohmer of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and H.E Rosella Rasanga, Siaya County First Lady (Patron of ECD) in Siaya County, Kenya. The First Lady’s Smart Start Siaya Campaign incorporates nurturing care and will benefit the entire county. You can find out more about the campaignRead More →

Held from 26 to 27 April 2019 in Manila, Philippines, a focus for this conference was play for children most at risk and those from poorer communities. Presentations explored play practice for children who are differently abled, who have experienced trauma and who are living in poverty. The hosts believeRead More →

This webinar, co-hosted by the International Step by Step Association and the Bernard van Leer Foundation, seeks to orient stakeholders on the Nurturing Care Framework. The moderator is Joan Lombardi and speakers are Bernadette Daelmans, Ilgi Ertem, Alexsandra Jovic and Liana Ghent.Read More →

The 4th Partners’ Forum, convened by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) and the Government of India, took place in New Delhi on 12-13 December 2018. An ECD concurrent session was organized around the theme of multi-sectoral collaboration. This session underscored the importance of multi-sectoral interventions forRead More →

Educación temprana: La clave para El Salvador (Early education: the key for El Salvador) was a meeting sponsored by UNICEF, the Inter-American Development Bank and Fundación Rafael Meza Ayau (FRMA). It was held in San Salvador on 6 to 7 November 2018. Those present at the meeting considered a rangeRead More →

This Institute of Public Health of Belgrade conference is organized bi-annually, with a long tradition of different public health topics. This year it will be dedicated to ECD and child health. The objective of the conference is to increase awareness of participants about  the importance of nurturing care, and multi-sectoralRead More →

Nurturing Care is spreading through Northern Africa. From October 29 through November 2, 23 participants from Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Sudan, Syria and Tunesia met in warm and hospitable Tunis for a capacity building course on Care for Child Development within the context of the Nurturing Care Framework.Read More →