In societies that are burdened with poverty and a culture of violence, a garden can bring deeply needed respite into a child's life. A Child's Garden of Peace works to provide safe opportunities for children to reconnect with the natural world, even in extremely urbanized neighborhoods.
Student at the Mithra Foundation (India)
SDIA activities in Child Development and Education aim to…
- Build understanding of child development in parents and childcare professionals, and improve the interaction between caregivers and children;
- Improve access to, as well as the quality and relevance of, education in order to transform lives and societies;
- Undertake small scale improvements to school infrastructure and increase access to equipment, books and learning materials;
- Develop new and innovative teaching methods that will enable children to reach their full human potential.
A Child's Garden of Peace, Brazil
Albadi School and Orphanage, D.R. Congo
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Africa,
Child Development and Education
The Albadi School cares for children born to parents who are the victim of HIV/AIDS. We offer care, education, and vocational training to children and teen-agers in a family environment in which the human being has value and dignity.
Anisha Foundation, India
Posted in:
Asia and Oceania,
Community Development and Sustainable Livelihoods,
Child Development and Education
Anisha was started in 1998 by Mrs. Valli Rajan with the aim of improving the lives of people living in appalling conditions in the market area of central Bangalore. Since then the project has grown into an urban and a rural program.
Bina Cita Utama School (BCU), Indonesia
Posted in:
Asia and Oceania,
Child Development and Education
The vision of the BCU school is to develop a high quality learning environment and address the need in Central Kalimantan for education.
Download attachment(s): [ bcu_teachtraining_2009-02.pdf ]
Budesti English Language Summer School, Moldova
Posted in:
Child Development and Education,
Europe
Centre for Culture and Development (CCD), India
Posted in:
Asia and Oceania,
Child Development and Education
Modern forces, industrial and agricultural combine in India to create a huge underclass caught between traditional ways and the global economy, who don't have the skills they need to cope. The Centre for Culture and Development works with disempowered peoples in Southern India, both urban and rural, to help them acquire the skills and rebuild the social structure they need in order to prosper in a changing world.
Download attachment(s): [ ccd-news-2009-02.pdf ]
Complexe Scolaire SD Lemba Imbu, D.R. Congo
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Africa,
Child Development and Education
Lemba Imbu
School, started in 1995 on the outskirts of
Kinshasa
currently has 450 students and would like to expand that number by building a
new high school.
El Refugio, Colombia
Posted in:
Latin America,
Child Development and Education
Fundación El Refugio is a
project for the prevention of social problems (drug-addiction, alcoholism,
prostitution, sale of psycho-active substances, violence and
abuse etc.) for young people in marginalised areas, through jewellery-making workshops and social training.
Entrelazos, Argentina
Posted in:
Latin America,
Child Development and Education
A child and youth centered project that operates with arts and development in Buenos Aries and Traslasierra province.
Fundacion Amanecer, Colombia
Posted in:
Latin America,
Child Development and Education
Fundación Amanecer (“Sunrise”) era Armenia, Colombia was founded in 1991 to develop programs,
projects and activities in the areas of social, community, cultural and
enterprise development.
Download attachment(s): [ amanecerSchoolRequest-2008-12_1.pdf ]
Fundacion Educativa Amor, Colombia
Posted in:
Latin America,
Child Development and Education
The Fundacion Educativa Amor
in Soacha, on the outskirts of
Bogota ,
Colombia , has
provided primary and secondary education for students from poor families since
1988.
ICDP International Child Development Program, Norway
Posted in:
Europe,
Child Development and Education
The ICDP approach to training is based on the idea that the best way to help children is by helping the children’s caregivers. It is now well known that unless children have at least one caring adult to love them and teach them life skills, social behaviour and morals, their mental and emotional development will be impaired. Recent
research suggests...
Inka Samana School, Ecuador
Posted in:
Latin America,
Child Development and Education
Working as educators with the indigenous community in Saraguro, Jose Maria Vacacela and Gabriela Uraida Vacacela began
to prepare the indigenous curricular project called UEAITIS (Unidad Educativa
Experimental Activa Intercultural Trilingüe Inka Samana).
Lewes New School, England
Posted in:
Europe,
Child Development and Education
Lewes New School, in Lewes, East Sussex is a primary school and kindergarten for children from 3 to 11, offering an educational environment on a human scale, where children can gain the skills, knowledge and understanding to develop their...
Mithra Foundation, India
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Asia and Oceania,
Child Development and Education,
Community Development and Sustainable Livelihoods
Underprivileged children are denied basic rights and are susceptible to all forms of abuse. This disrupts the process of their development and impairs their ability to learn. At Mithra schools children are trained in basic skills to cope with demands of life and to become active participants in their own process of development.
| Education and Empowerment for Underpriviliged Children | Requested: $ 63,907 |
| Empowerment of Girl Children through Education (benefits poor girls of migrant workers, especially Dalits.) | Requested: $20,000 |
| Summer Camp for the Empowerment of Children at High Risk | Requested: $3,150 |
My Neighborhood International, USA
Posted in:
North America,
Child Development and Education
This project provides a means for children of all cultures and backgrounds to explore and share their world through the arts. The programs seek to increase each child’s sense of self-worth, the value of their own community and freedom to pursue their dreams...
Nkembo School, D.R. Congo
Posted in:
Africa,
Child Development and Education
Puppeteers Without Borders, France
Posted in:
Europe,
Child Development and Education
Puppeteers Without Borders is a non profit organization registered in France made up of people with experience in puppet theater, artistic creation, performance, education and training. Throughout the world we offer the services of our organization to disadvantaged communities in how to make and manipulate puppets...
Q Fund, USA, Zambia & Kenya
The Q Fund envisions a world of children awakened to their inherent
sense of value and purpose. The Q Fund is a USA 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization whose mission is to...
Roda Viva Community Project, Portugal
Posted in:
Europe,
Child Development and Education
This project in the Alfragide District of Lisbon was started and is operated by Susila Dharma Portugal. Following the Carnation Revolution of 1974, one million refugees arrived in Portugal, from its former colonies. The “Alfragide Project”, as it was first known, was...
School Without Violence, Serbia
Posted in:
Europe,
Child Development and Education
Schools Without Violence works to create
a network of schools and teachers whose aim is to provide school
children with living and learning environments free of violence.
Download attachment(s): [ sd-serbia_swv-report_2008-02.pdf ]
Tierraviva Civil Association, Argentina
A project in Argentina that has been working since 2001 in various ways to support the development of community and the welfare of children and families. Since 2005 Tierraviva has focused its activities on working with women and children in prisons through arts, self-esteem and human rights training.
Download attachment(s): [ tierraviva_2009-02.pdf ]
Usaha Mulia Abadi, Mexico
Usaha Mulia Abadi (UMA) has two purposes; one of being a Subud Centre for all
our brothers and sisters from around the world and secondly of being a non-
profit organization that cares about the development of the community. San
Miguel Atlautla is a marginalized area with a high index of poverty where 57%
of the population lives from agriculture and 12% is illiterate.
Vida Plena, Paraguay
Posted in:
Child Development and Education,
Latin America
Benita and Silverio Gavilán live in the verdant dormitory town of Fernando de la Mora, just outside Asunción. From here they have been implementing child-centred projects since 1997. Just a few kilometres from their home lies Asunción’s Gross Market (Mercado de Abasto) where the Gaviláns’ project, the Vida Plena Foundation, runs a day centre for children between the ages of 3 and 14 whose parents are absent – either working abroad or at work all day. The children are often from single-parent families, and many are looked after by grandparents or other relatives. In the daytime, when they are not at school, which is either in the morning or in the afternoon, these children have nowhere to go.
Yayasan Usaha Mulia (YUM), Indonesia
Posted in:
Asia and Oceania,
Child Development and Education,
Community Development and Sustainable Livelihoods
YUM's Children's Village is an orphanage nestled in the hills of West Java
that provides a safe, secure and caring environment in which orphans
and children from destitute families can live and go to school.
Download attachment(s): [ YUM-DAA_Annual_Report_2008.pdf ]