Ansumana sat listening intently to her teacher before playing happily with her friends when I met her earlier this year. Just three years old, she and her older brother Bandu are students at the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) early childhood class serving urban refugees in Kampala, Uganda. Their father, whom I spoke briefly with, told me they fled the Central African Republic … [Read more...] about An Early Start in the Most Challenging Circumstances
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Investing in Health and Early Childhood Development in Paraguay Pays Big Dividends
Did you know that a single deposit of $2000 into a newborn baby’s retirement investment account could grow to over $220,000 on their 65th birthday, but if you wait to invest until they turn twenty, those $2000 become only about $50,000? That’s a $170,000 difference. These numbers show the magic of investing in Early Childhood Development (ECD), which can have a compounding … [Read more...] about Investing in Health and Early Childhood Development in Paraguay Pays Big Dividends
Child Development: A Priority for the IDB
By Santiago Levy In recent years, many countries in the region have prioritized early childhood care on their public policy agendas. … [Read more...] about Child Development: A Priority for the IDB