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AKF launches new resource for practitioners seeking to enhance the capacity of health workers in Early Childhood Development
In conversation with Beverly Bicaldo and Amina Mwitu, AKF Regional ECD Advisors for Asia and East Africa, unveiling a new resource for programme designers and implementers.
Celebrating 40 years of the Madrasa Early Childhood Programme
Learn about the programme's impact on children, families and entire communities in East Africa
In pictures: Nurturing young minds in remote places in India
Step into the sensory-rich play spaces designed to foster children's cognitive and emotional development in Uttar Pradesh
Rejuvenating early childhood development in the Kyrgyz Republic: The female entrepreneurs blazing a trail
Through a pilot project funded by USAID, AKF is supporting 75 women to establish and manage their own home-based ECD centres
“I love being among those who give children a solid start in life”: the teacher training opportunities strengthening early childhood development in coastal Kenya
Meet the inspiring teachers giving young children the best possible start in life with support from the Madrasa Early Childhood Programme
Creating Early Childhood Development champions: targeting government policymakers to scale ‘Nurturing Care’
AKDN’s recently developed workshop aims to influence systems-change for ECD
The transformative power of parents: AKF launches two new courses to underscore the vital role that parents play in child development
AKF’s Global Lead for Early Childhood Development, Sweta Shah, explains the rationale behind the courses' development
Keeping children safe, stimulated and building their skills during lockdown
How one Ugandan nursery used Human-Centred Design, supported by the Schools2030 programme, to solve a community problem
AKF and Oxfam establish five new Early Childhood Development Centres in Tajikistan
The centres respond to a growing need for professional childcare in rural Tajikistan
Giving every child a head start
Early Childhood Development in Bihar, India