In India, one child is born almost every second….
and then?
... It's time to celebrate early childhood
to make the most of it
Think of your earliest childhood memories…
You smiled, didn’t you?
Childhood is filled with joy, wonder, excitement, and an unlimited appetite for life.
Children learn best from childhood itself. So, let’s join them in this celebration of growth and learning. It’s the ideal way to build a strong foundation for their future.
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)Missed Opportunity
Today, there is a lot of vulnerability and anxiety around early childhood, which can limit a child’s growth and learning journey to a severe extent.
The first eight years are a window of opportunity
Holistic development can be a lifelong advantage
An abundance of learning opportunities
Play is the way
Playground
A collection of resources, tools, articles and stories to help you celebrate childhood in real and diverse ways. Click on the categories below to explore further.
Varun Naik
Anganwadis can foster mothers’ friendships, social support, belonging, and stronger communities around childhood.
The first thing I noticed at Latika was that the parents had not left. In most schools the adults thin out by nine, and what I found instead was a village that somebody had sat down and deliberately built.
A speed limit sign at the gate is the first clue. What follows is a building that never once raises its voice: a reception desk at two heights, mirrors in every room, a ramp instead of an afterthought. This is what it looks like when a school designs backward from what a child's body actually needs.
In a small room in Dehradun, women from the hills sing the songs their grandmothers gave them, songs for grinding grain, for weddings, for a plant that flowers once a year. One generation of migration is all it takes to lose them. This is the story of the ones who carried them anyway.
Collabaction
Partners can champion this social mission by raising awareness and bringing about behaviour change through projects
and programs. We call this Collabaction – collaborating for action and impact.
