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.
Bachpan Manao
The Bachpan is Gr8 Toolkit is a joyful guide that helps parents, carers and communities celebrate childhood in everyday moments. Built around eight essential wonders of growing up, it offers simple, low cost activity ideas that support play, learning, creativity, connection and quiet reflection across early childhood.
A reflection on the experiences that shape us beyond measurable achievements, and what they reveal about how we think about investing in childhood today.
A reflection on the trade-offs embedded in everyday adult choices, and how children often absorb the costs of convenience shaped by time, work, and urban life.
A reflection on what shifts when children are seen as present citizens, and how that reframes decisions about cities, systems, and everyday life around them.
A reflection on what “return on investment” looks like when seen from childhood, where joy, freedom, relationships and lived experience take precedence over performance and outcomes.
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.
