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MUMBAI, 27 February 2024 – The fifth edition of the UNICEF India Radio4Child Awards held today, honoured the outstanding contributions of 22 radio professionals from All India Radio, private FM stations and community radio for their exemplary work in creating awareness on routine immunization, climate change child protection issues. The 2024…

Imagine a world where the first words you learn aren't just sounds, but keys unlocking understanding, confidence, and a boundless love for learning. This is the promise of mother tongue education, often met with skepticism due to the misconception that it's not "aspirational" enough. But is this truly the case? Let's delve deeper and discover why…

Yogesh Ratna Kulkarni is usually busy in his role as a data operator. But like any other proud parent, Yogesh likes to talk non-stop about his young child’s achievements.   “She is only two, but she tells me everything she did at the Anganwadi Centre. She does lots of activities and has a lot of fun.”  Yogesh's engagement with his daughter Manyata…

NEW DELHI, 02 June 2020 – As the world celebrates the Global Day of Parents (1 June), amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF reiterates the urgent need to prioritize investments in Early Childhood Development (ECD) including focus on parenting within the COVID-19 response. This is critical to minimize preventable child deaths, to prevent violence…

Parenting can be challenging especially during a pandemic. Balancing the responsibility of engaging children at home while helping them cope and adapt to this new and uncertain environment is a tightrope walk. Not many parents can strike a balance without support. There is also the challenge that too many children still can't access technology and…

The first years of life have a profound effect on a child’s future – on her brain development, her health, her happiness, her ability to learn in school, her well-being and even the amount of money she can earn as an adult. In this formative stage of life, a baby’s brain can form more than one million new brain connections every single second – a…, Building brains, building futures: A six-point call to action, The evidence is clear: Early childhood development must be a global and national priority. Governments have already pledged to achieve the early childhood development targets in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But they need to back up this pledge with action and place early childhood development at the top of their economic and political…, Eat.Play.Love Build your baby’s brain, Children everywhere deserve a healthy start in life and the chance to reach their full potential. When we invest in early childhood development, we invest in better educational outcomes, a more skilled future workforce, and economic growth. We know how much your support will drive momentum around this important topic, and we hope that you will…, UNICEF Parenting, UNICEF understands that every new parent has thousands of questions. That’s why we launched UNICEF Parenting : to support parents and caregivers who do the most important job in the world. UNICEF Parenting brings together some of the world’s leading baby experts to help parents raise healthy and happy children. Information parents can trust.…, Explore UNICEF’s work on early childhood development

The challenge, The early moments of a child’s life matter – and their impact can last a lifetime. The process of a baby’s brain development begins during pregnancy and is influenced by a pregnant woman’s health, nutrition and environment. After birth, a baby’s brain continues to develop rapidly, impacting his or her physical, intellectual and emotional well-…, Resources, Solution, UNICEF supports training of frontline workers to engage and counsel parents on providing nurturing care, responsive feeding, early stimulation and support for children’s learning at home, besides training them to deliver quality early childhood education. It supports community and health facility follow-ups of small and sick new-borns after their…

In the extraordinarily beautiful setting of green meadows surrounded by hills and snow-capped mountains that he calls home, 13-year-old Mushtaq told us how his parents continually turn to him for help – in calculating his father’s wages, in transacting with the shopkeeper while buying groceries, in dialling a phone number. These things, seemingly…

For children to survive, thrive and develop to their full potential it is essential that their foundation years are filled with loving care and attention from both parents, not only mothers. With more fathers today participating actively in the parenting journey, early childhood development is more holistic and is ensuring a happier future for…

To reach their full potential, children must have access to five inter-related and indivisible components of Early Childhood Development – Good health, adequate nutrition for the mother and child, security and safety, responsive caregiving and early learning. Portrait of Pardhi tribal community members. These mothers and children belong to the…

A conversation around who owns how many goats is hardly your typical classroom discussion early in the morning. But Manoj Prabhakar, a teacher in the Rahmat Nagar Middle School in Purnea knows better. Four years since he started teaching here, Manoj struggled for a “breakthrough” with his students. Effective communication, he knew, was crucial for…

The early moments of a child’s life matter – and their impact can last a lifetime. The process of a baby’s brain development begins during pregnancy and is influenced by a pregnant woman’s health, nutrition and environment. After birth, a baby’s brain continues to develop rapidly, impacting his or her physical, intellectual and emotional well-…