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.
A reflection on why Bachpan Manao convened a Baithak at Makkala Hubba, and what it means to centre childhood in how we think about systems, spaces and investment. Grounded in lived experience and shared dialogue, it looks at how conversations shift when childhood is made visible and treated as a collective responsibility.
This post is a round up of all our discussions that have grown out of a conversation held at the India AI Impact Summit, where educators, technologists, policy practitioners, and learning designers came together to talk about children and intelligent systems.
Hita Kumar
Why do fathers still remain on the margins of caregiving spaces, even when they are deeply present in their children’s everyday lives? This reflection from the Talk, Care, Play Symposium explores how fathers often participate through small moments like play and routine interactions, how identity and social narratives shape their engagement, and what it might mean to design programmes, technologies, and systems that recognise and build on the care that already exists.
Stories, poems, play, and inspiring community efforts come together in Budhte Kadam. Discover how this magazine is helping caregivers create joyful and meaningful learning experiences for children.
Rekha
A powerful story of transformation when an Anganwadi Worker brings a community together to push for change. Can such stories topple other dominoes?
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.
