Supporting early childhood development in 2000:
a reflective review
What happens during the very earliest years
of a child’s life, from birth to age three,
influences how the rest of childhood and
adolescence unfolds. Yet this critical time is
usually neglected in the policies, programmes
and budgets of countries.
This quotation, taken from
s The State of the World’s Children 2001, justifies ’s own
whole-hearted commitment to the healthy
development of young children. It also serves as
a rallying cry for all who should be contributing
to that healthy development: from governments
and international agencies, all the way through
to those such as community-based
organisations and parents who are closest to
children day by day. In addition, s report
details the kinds of adverse circumstances that
can blight this development – for example, war
and conflict; poverty; violence; and . In
doing so, it sets the broad agenda for action.
Given its long commitment to the healthy
development of children from zero to seven
years, where does the Bernard van Leer
Foundation fit in? We see ourselves as partners
of organisations at all levels, offering them a
great deal of accumulated experience in
supporting work aimed at benefiting children,
directly and indirectly, in the short term and in
the long term.We also bring to our partnerships
a number of principles that inform and direct
our work. These include the following.
- Recognising that children themselves are
resilient, creative, natural agents in their own
development.Work with children must build
on these truths.
- Concentrating our resources on a limited
number of countries in which to support
projects – currently 43 in total.
- Working thematically. That means
identifying common areas of concern or
interest across countries and regions, and
structuring much of our programme of
project support around them.
- Working with project partners: they have the
most pertinent overviews of the daily realities
and factors that impact on the lives of
children.
- Funding projects that enable and support
parents and other caregivers. These are the
people who are closest to children, and
should have and do have the most direct,
practical, appropriate and sustained impact
on children.
- Recognising that early childhood
development projects are often valuable
components in a wider community
development programme.
- Developing strategic alliances with fellow
organisations. This ensures that we
complement each other’s efforts to
contribute directly or indirectly to the wellbeing
of young children.
- Sharing what we and our project partners are
learning, via an extensive dissemination
programme – see pages 10-11.
In addition, we recognise that we have a duty to
be as effective as possible. This means learning
from what we do, learning from our partners,
and making changes to improve our
performance. In this sense, 2000 was another
year of learning for the Foundation and this will
be the main theme in my review.
Towards a more effective Foundation
Our learning is centred on our project partners
– the organisations that develop and operate the
early childhood development projects
that we fund. Our learning starts with the
nature of our relationship with them. This
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a reflective review
What happens during the very earliest years
of a child’s life, from birth to age three,
influences how the rest of childhood and
adolescence unfolds. Yet this critical time is
usually neglected in the policies, programmes
and budgets of countries.
This quotation, taken from
s The State of the World’s Children 2001, justifies ’s own
whole-hearted commitment to the healthy
development of young children. It also serves as
a rallying cry for all who should be contributing
to that healthy development: from governments
and international agencies, all the way through
to those such as community-based
organisations and parents who are closest to
children day by day. In addition, s report
details the kinds of adverse circumstances that
can blight this development – for example, war
and conflict; poverty; violence; and . In
doing so, it sets the broad agenda for action.
Given its long commitment to the healthy
development of children from zero to seven
years, where does the Bernard van Leer
Foundation fit in? We see ourselves as partners
of organisations at all levels, offering them a
great deal of accumulated experience in
supporting work aimed at benefiting children,
directly and indirectly, in the short term and in
the long term.We also bring to our partnerships
a number of principles that inform and direct
our work. These include the following.
- Recognising that children themselves are
resilient, creative, natural agents in their own
development.Work with children must build
on these truths.
- Concentrating our resources on a limited
number of countries in which to support
projects – currently 43 in total.
- Working thematically. That means
identifying common areas of concern or
interest across countries and regions, and
structuring much of our programme of
project support around them.
- Working with project partners: they have the
most pertinent overviews of the daily realities
and factors that impact on the lives of
children.
- Funding projects that enable and support
parents and other caregivers. These are the
people who are closest to children, and
should have and do have the most direct,
practical, appropriate and sustained impact
on children.
- Recognising that early childhood
development projects are often valuable
components in a wider community
development programme.
- Developing strategic alliances with fellow
organisations. This ensures that we
complement each other’s efforts to
contribute directly or indirectly to the wellbeing
of young children.
- Sharing what we and our project partners are
learning, via an extensive dissemination
programme – see pages 10-11.
In addition, we recognise that we have a duty to
be as effective as possible. This means learning
from what we do, learning from our partners,
and making changes to improve our
performance. In this sense, 2000 was another
year of learning for the Foundation and this will
be the main theme in my review.
Towards a more effective Foundation
Our learning is centred on our project partners
– the organisations that develop and operate the
early childhood development projects
that we fund. Our learning starts with the
nature of our relationship with them. This
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