Illène Pevec, founder of A Child's Garden of Peace (Brazil) reports on events in 2007.
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 Update: June 2007
Posted in:
Child Development and Education
A Child's Garden of Peace, Brazil
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.
Albadi School and Orphanage, D.R. Congo
Posted in:
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.
Centre for Culture and Development, India
Posted in:
Asia and Oceania,
Child Development and Education
Centre for Culture and Development (CCD) was registered in 1990 in
Madurai India with the objective of promoting sustainable livelihoods
for the poor in the rural areas. Women, children and socially excluded Dalits and poor are given ...
Complexe Scolaire SD Lemba Imbu, D.R. Congo
Posted in:
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 offers comprehensive
training workshops to children and adolescence in two high risk areas of
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”) was founded in 1991 to develop programs,
projects and activities in the areas of social, community, cultural and
enterprise development.
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.
Fundación Despertar, Argentina
Posted in:
Latin America,
Child Development and Education
The mission of Fundación Despertar is to promote reading as a tool for personal growth and empowerment in the rural schools of the San Alberto Department (Córdoba- Argentina). The vision is to have rural schools that center their educational program on the human development of each child and seek a profound sense of equality and social justice.
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 ...
ICDP — Lailah Armstrong visits Colombia - 2008
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Latin America,
Child Development and Education
ICDP Trainer Lailah Armstrong, who lives in England, regularly visits the ICDP programs in Latihan America. In May 2008, she travelled again to Colombia to support the activities there.
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
Posted in:
Asia and Oceania,
Child Development and Education,
Community Development and Sustainable Livelihoods,
Current Requests
| 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 ...
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 ...
Schools 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 provied school children with living and learning
environments free of violence. |
Requested: $4.500 Funds Received: $4500 (Funded by SDIA and SD Norway) |
Yayasan Usaha Mulia (YUM), Indonesia
Posted in:
Asia and Oceania,
Child Development and Education,
Community Development and Sustainable Livelihoods,
Current Requests
| The
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. |
Total Requested: $63,632 School and Boarding: $52,293 Vocational Training: $4,995 Project Sustainability: $2,011 Overhead: 9,556 |
Read YUM Children Village's request for funds