This course is a resource for parents or those who work with parents of young children to support them to provide brain-building experiences and nurturing care. 

This workshop draws upon content from the Nurturing Care Framework, the Science of Early Child Development and the Beginning of Life film, to walk participants through why investing in early childhood is so important, including scientific and economic evidence.

This brief, developed by the Early Childhood Workforce Initiative (ECWI), highlights common approaches parenting programs are using to continue engaging with families during the COVID-19 pandemic, including transitioning to deliver services virtually and adapting to provide enhanced psychosocial support.

This policy brief has been developed to serve as a guidance to practitioners while developing any practice on leaving care.

This policy brief has been developed to serve as a guidance to policy makers while developing any policy on leaving care.

This handbook is part of a set of resources for implementing the Nurturing Care Framework.

Two new indicators for the Monitoring and Evaluation Framework of the Nurturing Care Framework (NCF) have been developed in support of programme implementation. These indicators need to be validated before they can be recommended widely. Read the report to learn more about the proposed indicators.

Family for Every Child has launched a new social network platform for child rights practitioners, called Changemakers for Children (changemakersforchildren.community). Child rights practitioners are invited to sign-up to the platform and join a global movement of local leaders working in children’s care and protection.

These working methods aim to facilitate and promote the meaningful participation of all children, particularly those in disadvantaged or vulnerable situations, in days of general discussion.

Lighthouse Children’s Village was established in 2004 as a privately-run and privately-funded residential care institution. In 2014, its long-time principal donor made the decision to phase out of financially supporting institutional care. This case study highlights some of the early warning signs and subsequent discovery of unethical and criminal behavior that can sometimes be observed in a transition process.