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Partner: CINDE - Bogota
Website: N/A
Project Name: Last phase Effective Intiative (EI) project
Objective: A final report and an analysis from the transition period will be produced.
Geographical Scope: Colombia, nationwide
Grant date: December 2003
Duration: 6 months
Amount: EUR 10,000
Partner: Arizona State University
Website: researchadmin.asu.edu
Project Name: Preschool in Five Countries
Objective: To fund a video research process on migrant children in early childhood programmes in five countries (France, Germany, Italy, The United Kingdom and the United States of America) which will result in discussion between the various stakeholders and audiences on service provision for migrant children.
Geographical Scope: France-Germany-Italy-UKI-USA
Grant date: July 2004
Duration: 3 years
Amount: EUR 390,300
Partner: Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH
Website: www.bosch-stiftung.de
Project Name: International Fellowship Programme for CEE Foundations+NGOs
Objective: The International Fellowship Programme for CEE Foundations and NGOs aims at strengthening civil society in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as international cooperation of NGOs by means of fellowships.
Geographical Scope: European Region
Grant date: December 2004
Duration: 2 years
Amount: EUR 30,000
Partner: Consultative Group on ECCD
Website: www.ecdgroup.com
Project Name: Essential Activities of the Consultative Group on ECCD (CGECCD)
Objective: To support the core activities of the Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development with the intention to bridge funding to allow it under the leadership of its new codirectors to prepare a new three-year proposal to be submitted to the Foundation.
Geographical Scope:
Grant date: January 2006
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 50,000
Partner: Chapin Hall Center for Children
Website: www.about.chapinhall.org
Project Name: International Network of Child Policy Research Centers
Objective: To support planning and networking by the University of Chicago's Chapin Hall on behalf of its international network of child policy centres with the aim of securing longer term funding.
Geographical Scope: USA
Grant date: August 2006
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 12,000
Partner: Consultative Group on ECCD
Website: www.ecdgroup.com
Project Name: Moving ECCD Principles to Action
Objective: To contribute to the core costs of the Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development
Geographical Scope: Canada
Grant date: December 2006
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 100,000
Partner: University of Victoria
Website: www.uvic.ca
Project Name: SSA-2 Early Childhood Development Virtual University (ECDVU)
Objective: To support the participation of five candidates in an initial orientation and two 2-week seminars of the Early Childhood Development Virtual University (ECDVU) as part of its one year programme for Africa
Geographical Scope: Canada
Grant date: November 2006
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 20,000
Partner: Arizona State University
Website: researchadmin.asu.edu
Project Name: Preschool in Five Countries, II
Objective: To develop, implement and evaluate demonstration projects for parent participation in ECEC programs serving children of recent immigrants in five countries.
Geographical Scope: Arizona, USA
Grant date: October 2007
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 146,600
Partner: Consultative Group on ECCD
Website: www.ecdgroup.com
Project Name: Core Support to the Consultative Group
Objective: To support the CGECCD in its role as a platform bringing together ECD point persons from donor organisations, practitioner networks and academic institutions with the aim of fostering positive change for young children in developing countries.
Geographical Scope: Worldwide
Grant date: September 2007
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 60,000
Partner: Consultative Group on ECCD
Website: www.ecdgroup.com
Project Name: Strengthening ECD Advocacy Support
Objective: To strenghen Advocacy Support by helping raise the profile and importance of ECD within the organisations represented by the Consultative Group members and other organisations.
Geographical Scope: worldwide
Grant date: December 2007
Duration: 5 months
Amount: EUR 40,000
Partner: Association François-Xavier Bagnoud
Website: www.fxb.org
Project Name: JLICA Story Line Finalization Meeting – London February 2008
Objective: To integrate the emerging results of the JLICA’s four Learning Groups and forty commissioned papers into a single ‘story line’ at a meeting that will take place on 13-14 February 2008 in London. This will enable JLICA’s scientific leadership to achieve clarity and unanimity on the story line that will shape the Initiative’s final report and guide its’ messaging to policymakers, implementers and other constituencies
Geographical Scope: Europe
Grant date: January 2008
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 25,000
Partner: Consultative Group on ECCD
Website: www.ecdgroup.com
Project Name: Consultative Group Core Funding 2008
Objective: To support the CGECCD in its role as a platform bringing together ECD point persons from donor organisations, practitioner networks, and academic institutions, with the aim of fostering positive change for young children in developing countries.
Geographical Scope: Worldwide
Grant date: July 2008
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 60,000
Partner: Consultative Group on ECCD
Website: www.ecdgroup.com
Project Name: BBC World Series on Early Childhood Programmes
Objective: A discretionary grant to the Consultative Group on Early Childhood for 'First Steps', a BBC-produced four-part television series on early childhood.
Geographical Scope: Worldwide
Grant date: June 2008
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 10,000
Partner: Health & Development Networks HDNi
Website: www.hdnet.org
Project Name: Children's Project at IAC
Objective: To provide electronic coverage of the children’s issues at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City in August 2008.
Geographical Scope: worldwide
Grant date: July 2008
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 25,000
Partner: Global Fund for Children
Website: www.globalfundforchildren.org
Project Name: Support to GFC Grantee Partners’s Work
Objective: To assist organisations involved in the 'Support to the Under-8 Initiative' in raising the profile of early childhood programming among funders and in leveraging significant financial resources.
Geographical Scope: Worldwide
Grant date: July 2008
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 30,000
Partner: Partners in Health
Website: pih.org
Project Name: Support to Partners in Health
Objective: The project will contribute towards a comprehensive health outreach programme in rural communities in Haiti and Rwanda.
Geographical Scope: Worldwide
Grant date: June 2008
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 40,000
Partner: European Foundation Centre (EFC)
Website: www.efc.be
Project Name: European Philanthropy and International Development
Objective: To support The European Foundation Centre (EFC) in its efforts to increase European foundations' funding for global development.
Geographical Scope: worldwide
Grant date: August 2008
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 26,000
Partner: Caribbean Child Development Centre
Website: N/A
Project Name: Follow up to Lancet series on Child Development
Objective: To influence ECD policy through the presentation and dissemination of scientific evidence on the effectiveness of interventions for young children.
Geographical Scope: International
Grant date: June 2009
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 25,000
Partner: MS Training Centre for Development Cooperation
Website: www.mstcdc.or.tz
Project Name: M&E mentor East Africa
Objective: To strengthen the M&E technical and organisational capacity of BvLF partner organisations in Eastern Africa.
Geographical Scope: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
Grant date: December 2005
Duration: 1 year, and 7 months
Amount: EUR 73,500
Partner: Save the Children Federation, Inc.
Website: www.savethechildren.org
Project Name: Regional Program Learning Group meeting in Mozambique
Objective: To contribute to the organisation of a regional Programme Learning Group Workshop on ECD to be held in Mozambique on 15-19 May 2006 to familiarise the Save the Children US staff on a range of possible ECD interventions.
Geographical Scope: Africa
Grant date: May 2006
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 5,500
Partner: Nascent Research & Development Organisation
Website: nascent-rdo.org/index2.html
Project Name: Leveraging IKS (Indigenous Knowledge Systems) for ECD
Objective: To strengthen families to provide for basic needs that include affection, stimulation, interaction, protection and play, both within and outside the home for their young children affected by HIV/AIDS and poverty.
Geographical Scope: Western Kenya and East Uganda
Grant date: July 2008
Duration: 4 months
Amount: EUR 57,000
Partner: University of Newcastle
Website: www.newcastle.edu.au/department/fac
Project Name: Engaging Fathers Final Report
Objective: To contribute towards administrative support for a period of one year for documenting a final set of project materials for practitioners in child and family services which will be made available through web-based access.
Geographical Scope:
Grant date: April 2006
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 30,000
Partner: Vakgroep Sociale Agogiek
Website: www.ugent.be
Project Name: e-learning environment for the ‘childcare and diversity’ *
Objective: To develop an e-learning environment for the ‘childcare and diversity’ course.
Geographical Scope: Flanders
Grant date: January 2005
Duration: 7 months
Amount: EUR 33,600
Partner: Madariaga European Foundation
Website: www.madariaga.coleurop.be
Project Name: EU-Foundations Cooperation
Objective: a) To map current programming in fields of social development, civil society and good governance being implemented by foundations and the European Commission delegations in a number of selected countries b) To organise a number of thematic dialogues between both above mentioned stakeholders on foundations/EU collaboration, including discussion of the policy coherence and complementarity of different EU programmes in these countries c) To pilot foundation collaboration with EC delegations in the setting up and management of EIDHR (European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights) micro-projects in these countries d) To document ideas and, if possible, best practices, relevant to the collaborative promotion of civil society, social development, and good governance e) To disseminate the lessons learned from the field among foundations and EU policy and decision-makers in Brussels, and to plan possible follow-up
Geographical Scope:
Grant date: February 2003
Duration: 3 years
Amount: EUR 420,000
Partner: Vormingscentrum Begeleiding Jonge Kinderen
Website: www.vbjk.be
Project Name: Informative DVD Production about Child care*
Objective: To raise awareness among intermediary professional workers about the childcare needs of immigrant and other socially marginalised families, and abouthow these needs can be met by childcare centres which focus on quality and respect for diversity. To this end, a short film will be developed, which makes the parents’ perspectives visible and which explains what good childcare practice is. It will be accompanied by a brochure.
Geographical Scope: Flanders
Grant date: December 2003
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 30,600
Partner: Vormingscentrum Begeleiding Jonge Kinderen
Website: www.vbjk.be
Project Name: Father Involvement in Targeted Neighbourhood Nursery Garden *
Objective: To enhance the participation of fathers in childcare centres by developing a father involvement dimension in a new neighbourhood childcare centre in Gent and 'to disseminate the outcomes of this case study within the childcare sector in Flanders.
Geographical Scope: Gent, Flanders
Grant date: December 2003
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 23,500
Partner: European Foundation Centre (EFC)
Website: www.efc.be
Project Name: WINGS
Objective: To support the strengthening of philanthropy worldwide.
Geographical Scope:
Grant date: December 2003
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 80,000
Partner: Network of European Foundations
Website: www.nefic.org
Project Name: HIV Funders Group
Objective: To contribute to a fund established by the European HIV/AIDS Funders Group whose purpose is to promote European foundation activity in the area of HIV/AIDS.
Geographical Scope: Belgium
Grant date: December 2003
Duration: 2 years
Amount: EUR 50,000
Partner: European Foundation Centre (EFC)
Website: www.efc.be
Project Name: Activities International Committee
Objective: To support the activities of the International Committee of the European Foundation Centre for the year 2004.
Geographical Scope: Belgium
Grant date: June 2004
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 4,000
Partner: European Foundation Centre (EFC)
Website: www.efc.be
Project Name: Support to EFC Maecenas project
Objective: To support core activities of the EFC with a special interest in the EFC's international funding with the aim to secure its European funding base and to contribute to the professionalisation, accountability and transparency of the European foundation community.
Geographical Scope: Belgium
Grant date: December 2004
Duration: 4 years
Amount: EUR 160,000
Partner: European Foundation Centre (EFC)
Website: www.efc.be
Project Name: Alleviating Global Poverty and Disadvantage
Objective: To articulate a vision of the particular role and contribution of European foundations in international development, taking a 20 year perspective.
Geographical Scope: European Region
Grant date: December 2005
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 30,000
Partner: European Foundation Centre (EFC)
Website: www.efc.be
Project Name: Core Activities EFC
Objective: To enable the EFC secretariat to work further in benchmarking and capacity-building by identifying and setting standards for the European foundation sector, as well as giving European funders a platform and mechanism to act at international/global level.
Geographical Scope: Belgium
Grant date: September 2006
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 60,000
Partner: Vormingscentrum Begeleiding Jonge Kinderen
Website: www.vbjk.be
Project Name: New Paradigms *
Objective: To launch a debate between English and French-speaking specialists on paradigms for innovative thinking about young children.
Geographical Scope: Gent, Belgium
Grant date: September 2006
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 17,000
Partner: Network of European Foundations
Website: www.nefic.org
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Funders Group
Objective: To provide operating support to the European Foundation Centre’s HIV/AIDS Funders Group.
Geographical Scope: Belgium
Grant date: April 2007
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 20,000
Partner: European Foundation Centre (EFC)
Website: www.efc.be
Project Name: EFC Core Activities 2007
Objective: To enable the EFC secretariat to work further in benchmarking and capacity-building by identifying and setting standards for the European foundation sector, as well as giving European funders a platform and mechanism to act at international/global level.
Geographical Scope: Belgium
Grant date: December 2007
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 60,000
Partner: Vormingscentrum Begeleiding Jonge Kinderen
Website: www.vbjk.be
Project Name: Documenting Early Years Professionalism
Objective: To cover the costs for the translation from Dutch into English of the results of a research study (book and DVD) by Jan Peeters, Director VBJK, on the qualities of the early years profession and how to improve professionalism related to working with young children in a participatory way; and the production of an interactive video installation to be used at at least five national and international conferences.
Geographical Scope: Flanders, Belgium
Grant date: November 2007
Duration: 6 months
Amount: EUR 49,000
Partner: Letloa, for KFO
Website: www.kuru.co.bw
Project Name: KFO Education Programme
Objective: To carry out training that supports ECD and education programmes for San children.
Geographical Scope: Botswana
Grant date: December 2003
Duration: 2 years, and 2 months
Amount: EUR 179,992
Partner: Letloa, for KFO
Website: www.kuru.co.bw
Project Name: KFO Education Programme, Final Phase
Objective: To enable KFO programmes with young children to successfully stand on their own after BvLF support ends within the next three years.
Geographical Scope: Botswana
Grant date: March 2006
Duration: 3 years
Amount: EUR 342,000
Partner: SESI Paraiba
Website: N/A
Project Name: Practices on Children's creation in the semi-arid regions *
Objective: To extend the project for a period of 4 months to continue with ongoing activities and to write up a proposal for a new phase.
Geographical Scope: Sousa/ PAraíba
Grant date: October 2003
Duration: 4 months
Amount: EUR 5,300
Partner: Posto de Puericultura Suzanne Jacob
Website: www.ppsj.org.br
Project Name: Child Friendly Enterprise *
Objective: To extend the project for a period of 4 months to continue with on-going activities and to write up a proposal for a new phase.
Geographical Scope: Parnaíba, Piauí, Brazil
Grant date: May 2005
Duration: 4 months
Amount: EUR 20,000
Partner: Prefeitura Municipal de Beberibe
Website: www.beberibe.ce.gov.br
Project Name: Caring & Educating *
Objective: To consolidate and expand the multi-municipal management model of ECD services to 0 to 5 year old children and their families in the rural context.
Geographical Scope: Aracati and Beberibe/ Brazil
Grant date: November 2003
Duration: 3 years, and 10 months
Amount: EUR 146,000
Partner: CECOVI Centro de Combate à Violência Infantil
Website: www.cecovi.org.br
Project Name: Prevention domestic violence against children *
Objective: The main objective of the project is to prevent domestic violence against children and teenagers.
Geographical Scope: Fortaleza; Ceara
Grant date: February 2004
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 2,621
Partner: IBISS, Inst. Bras. de Inovaçoes em Saúde Social
Website: www.ibiss.com.br
Project Name: Repairing infrastructure at centre of Vila Beira do Mar *
Objective: To repair the infrastructure of the school and crèche and equip the crèche with small tables, chairs and educational material
Geographical Scope: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Grant date: December 2003
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 5,000
Partner: SESI Paraiba
Website: N/A
Project Name: Social Responsibility in the Sertao of Paraiba *
Objective: The overall objective of the project is to test a cooperative approach among three institutions (SESI, SENAI, SENAR) geared to providing integral services that enhance young rural children’s development in a context of family and community support.
Geographical Scope: Sousa, Sertão Paraibano; Brazil
Grant date: April 2004
Duration: 3 years, and 5 months
Amount: EUR 79,500
Partner: Prefeitura Municipal de São Paulo
Website: N/A
Project Name: Play City Programme*
Objective: The overall objective of the project is to provide recreational activities for young children and their families as a means to build citizenship in a context of social violence.
Geographical Scope: São Paulo; Brazil
Grant date: April 2004
Duration: 6 months
Amount: EUR 21,400
Partner: Prefeitura Municipal de São José de Mipibu.
Website: www.saojosedemipibu.rn.gov.br
Project Name: First steps Project*
Objective: To learn from practice about children’s and young people’s participation and leadership in the implementation of an ECD programme in the rural context.
Geographical Scope: São José de Mipibu; Brazil
Grant date: June 2004
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 16,300
Partner: CELUAN Centro Ludico Angelus
Website: N/A
Project Name: ICDP Training in Santo Ângelo
Objective: This project aims to train 60 community workers from the poor area of Santo Ângelo in the ICDP early psychosocial intervention programme.They will monitor and evaluate the impact of this project on nearly 200 families, through the application of a set of tools developed in cooperation with the local University of IESA, Santo Ângelo.
Geographical Scope: Santo Ângelo; Rio Grande do Sul
Grant date: September 2004
Duration: 8 months
Amount: EUR 19,538
Partner: Prefeitura Municipal de Arez
Website: N/A
Project Name: Seeds of tomorrow *
Objective: To learn from practice about children’s and youngsters’ participation and leadership in the implementation of an ECD programme in the rural context
Geographical Scope: Arez; Brazil
Grant date: June 2004
Duration: 1 year, and 10 months
Amount: EUR 17,500
Partner: IFAN Instituto da Infância
Website: www.ifan.com.br
Project Name: Workshop on Children's Participation
Objective: To contribute Latin America experiences to the international debate on young children's participation and to develop a framework for a good practice guide on programming for participation in the early years of childhood.
Geographical Scope: Beberibe, Ceara; Brazil
Grant date: April 2004
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 10,106
Partner: Centro de Criação de Imagem Popular
Website: www.cecip.org.br
Project Name: Investing in the future-walking it simple *
Objective: The project aims to improve the quality of ECD services for children aged 3 months to 6 years, through the training of staff, the involvement of family members, and the documentation and dissemination of the methodology to municipal and community institutions.
Geographical Scope: Rio de Janeiro; Brazil
Grant date: July 2004
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 34,943
Partner: Centro Popular de Cultura e Desenvolvimento
Website: www.cpcd.org.br
Project Name: Educational cities *
Objective: This project aims to formulate a three year proposal that would address young children’s participation in the planning, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of an educational programme for young children in the municipality of Araçuai.
Geographical Scope: Araçuai; Brazil
Grant date: August 2004
Duration: 6 months
Amount: EUR 23,460
Partner: Instituto Promundo
Website: www.promundo.org.br/en/
Project Name: Children: Holders of rights
Objective: To contribute to the integral development of children, through actions that reduce the level of domestic violence and eradicate physical punishment.
Geographical Scope: RIo do Janeiro; Brazil
Grant date: November 2004
Duration: 3 years, and 7 months
Amount: EUR 123,429
Partner: IFAN Instituto da Infância
Website: www.ifan.com.br
Project Name: Rural Childhood Programme*
Objective: To develop a small scale regional intervention programme that fosters early childhood development, and is based on the participation of the young children who grow up in the rural Northeast of Brazil.
Geographical Scope: Maranhao,Piauí, Ceará, Río Grande do Norte, Paraíba
Grant date: November 2004
Duration: 5 years
Amount: EUR 908,846
Partner: Centro Popular de Cultura e Desenvolvimento
Website: www.cpcd.org.br
Project Name: Child City Project*
Objective: To train relevant staff from the various institutes that take care of young children in developing knowledge, behaviour and positive attitudes in regard to young children's participation in the design, monitoring and evaluation of programmes that affect them.
Geographical Scope: Aracuaí, Minas Gerais; Brazil
Grant date: April 2005
Duration: 4 years
Amount: EUR 480,000
Partner: Posto de Puericultura Suzanne Jacob
Website: www.ppsj.org.br
Project Name: Child Care Center Suzanne Jacob *
Objective: To design a new proposal aiming at the construction of sustainable programme for children and adolescents that improve the living conditions of the poor young children of Parnaiba, in the Brazilian Northeast, while sustaining the current levels of action.
Geographical Scope: Piauí,Parnaiba; Brazil
Grant date: August 2005
Duration: 6 months
Amount: EUR 36,352
Partner: Ato Cidadao
Website: N/A
Project Name: Center to Promote Citizenship (T)
Objective: To support the creation and organisation of safe places in three moderately high risk communities of Sao Paulo, where children have access to safe care, play and socialisation
Geographical Scope: Sao Paulo; Brazil
Grant date: August 2005
Duration: 4 years, and 10 months
Amount: EUR 283,600
Partner: Centro de Criação de Imagem Popular
Website: www.cecip.org.br
Project Name: A Safe Space Project*
Objective: The overall objective is to create a cultural centre for the young child (Centro Cultural da Criança -) in the community Complexo do Morro dos Macacos, Rio de Janeiro, as a safe place where children aged 2 to 10 have full access to learning and developmental activities in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the national laws and regulations.
Geographical Scope: Rio de Janeiro; Brazil
Grant date: August 2005
Duration: 2 years
Amount: EUR 165,400
Partner: Centro de Criação de Imagem Popular
Website: www.cecip.org.br
Project Name: A Safe Space Project 1.1*
Objective: To cover the deficit incurred due to exchange rate fluctuations since inception of the project in September 2005
Geographical Scope: Rio de Janeiro; Brazil
Grant date: May 2007
Duration: 4 months
Amount: EUR 45,000
Partner: Instituto para o Desenvolvimento do Investimento
Website: www.idis.org.br
Project Name: Local Social Networks for Sustainability of ECE
Objective: To formulate a new proposal for a community-based and locally sustained early childhood care and development programme for vulnerable children at 6 semi-rural cities of the State of Sao Paulo and the slums in the urban areas of western Belo Horizonte.
Geographical Scope: Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte; Brazil
Grant date: September 2005
Duration: 2 months
Amount: EUR 15,000
Partner: Instituto Promundo
Website: www.promundo.org.br/en/
Project Name: Styles of rearing practices in Latin America & Caribbean region *
Objective: To contribute to the promotion of the integral development of children and their rights through a comparative qualitative study of family rearing practices focussed on children’s participation and democratic interaction within the family.
Geographical Scope: Brazil,Peru, Mexico, Nicaragua,Venezuela,Jamaica
Grant date: September 2005
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 35,000
Partner: Instituto Promundo
Website: www.promundo.org.br/en/
Project Name: Brazilian Early Childhood Alliance (NAPI)*
Objective: To promote the rights of young children 0 to 8 by influencing the development of public policies and practices on early childhood development, care and education through alliance building and advocacy.
Geographical Scope: Brazil
Grant date: December 2005
Duration: 1 year, and 11 months
Amount: EUR 165,815
Partner: Instituto Promundo
Website: www.promundo.org.br/en/
Project Name: Brazilian Early Childhood Alliance (NAPI)1.1*
Objective: To design and implement a pilot model for a "learning and advocacy centre" on early childhood development-related issues'.
Geographical Scope:
Grant date: October 2006
Duration: 7 months
Amount: EUR 25,770
Partner: Instituto para o Desenvolvimento do Investimento
Website: www.idis.org.br
Project Name: Creating Networks for Sustainable Development of ECE(T)
Objective: To establish a local social network that provides access to all children aged 0-6 to quality ECE through a sustainable process of community participation and responsibility.
Geographical Scope: States of Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo; Brazil
Grant date: April 2006
Duration: 3, and 1 month
Amount: EUR 400,000
Partner: Posto de Puericultura Suzanne Jacob
Website: www.ppsj.org.br
Project Name: Empowering Communities
Objective: To create a positive environment of care and development within the family context through a locally sustained programme of community participation.
Geographical Scope: Alto Santa María, Joao XXIII; Parnaíba; Brazil
Grant date: March 2006
Duration: 3 years
Amount: EUR 371,900
Partner: IFAN Instituto da Infância
Website: www.ifan.com.br
Project Name: From home to school *
Objective: To formulate a proposal for a three year programme for the Northeast aimed at enhancing municipal policy and practice on school readiness and successful transition from home to school.
Geographical Scope: Northeast States; Brazil
Grant date: July 2007
Duration: 4 months
Amount: EUR 35,000
Partner: Consultative Group on ECCD
Website: www.ecdgroup.com
Project Name: Reprint of CN26 on HIV/AIDS and Children
Objective: a) To reprint 5000 copies of the Coordinator's Notebook edition on young children and HIV/AIDS (Number 26) and b) to disseminate the reprints to an HIV/AIDS audience in order to promote the importance of early childhood issues.
Geographical Scope:
Grant date: December 2003
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 15,000
Partner: The Communication Initiative
Website: www.comminit.com
Project Name: Communication Initiative
Objective: To expand the number of people and organisations within the Communication Initiative (CI) network that have a focus on ECD programmes and issues; and to give support to Foundation partners in the area of communication.
Geographical Scope: Canada
Grant date: October 2004
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 40,000
Partner: The Teresa Group
Website: www.teresagroup.ca
Project Name: XVIth International AIDS Conference
Objective: To increase the prominence and quality of the discussion of children’s issues at the 2006 Toronto AIDS conference.
Geographical Scope: Toronto, Canada
Grant date: June 2005
Duration: 1 year, and 6 months
Amount: EUR 90,800
Partner: The Communication Initiative
Website: www.comminit.com
Project Name: Supporting and Strengthening the new BvL Strategy on ECD
Objective: To strengthen and support the new Bernard van Leer Foundation strategy on early childhood development through the Communication Initiative platform.
Geographical Scope: Canada
Grant date: August 2006
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 39,900
Partner: The Teresa Group
Website: www.teresagroup.ca
Project Name: Coalition on Children Affected by AIDS
Objective: To raise the profile of children’s issues within the HIV/AIDS community.
Geographical Scope: Worldwide
Grant date: December 2006
Duration: 2 years
Amount: EUR 50,000
Partner: Childcare Resource & Research Unit
Website: N/A
Project Name: Diversity and Early Childhood in Canada
Objective: The Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU ) will provide an overview report on diversity and early childhood in the Canadian context. The report will contribute to the work of the Joint Learning Initiative and will lead to the development of a working paper for the issue area ‘Diversity’ in 2008.
Geographical Scope: Canada
Grant date: June 2007
Duration: 9 months
Amount: EUR 24,000
Partner: The Communication Initiative
Website: www.comminit.com
Project Name: ECD: Supporting and Strengthening BVLF's Strategy
Objective: To increase the level of shared knowledge within the Communications Initiative knowledge site and e-magazines – on the 3 themes that are the ECD priorities for BvLF and to provide a knowledge and networking base for the grantees and partner organisations of the Bernard van Leer Foundation.
Geographical Scope: Worldwide
Grant date: October 2008
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 47,750
Partner: Caricad (Caribbean Centre for Development Admin)
Website: www.ccsi-info.org
Project Name: Caribbean Support Initiative: Core Operations 1.4
Objective: To cover operating costs for coordination, administration, travel and housing and equipment of the Caribbean Support Initiative.
Geographical Scope: Caribbean Region
Grant date: December 2003
Duration: 2 years
Amount: EUR 222,800
Partner: Caricad (Caribbean Centre for Development Admin)
Website: www.ccsi-info.org
Project Name: Caribbean Support Initiative: Core Operations 1.5
Objective: To extend the project for a period of 12 months to cover on-going operational activities.
Geographical Scope: Eastern Caribbean
Grant date: January 2006
Duration: 11 months
Amount: EUR 125,600
Partner: Caricad (Caribbean Centre for Development Admin)
Website: www.ccsi-info.org
Project Name: Caribbean Support Initiative: Support Functions
Objective: The Foundation will make small and medium grants and contracts for programme development functions such as documentation, training, networking and learning, and communications and dissemination.
Geographical Scope: Eastern Caribbean
Grant date: April 2003
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 163,600
Partner: Caricad (Caribbean Centre for Development Admin)
Website: www.ccsi-info.org
Project Name: Caribbean Support Initiative: Support Functions Budget 2003
Objective: To maintain the CSI website, issue a series of newsletters and operate D-group facilities.
Geographical Scope: Eastern Caribbean Region
Grant date: August 2003
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 8,600
Partner: Caricad (Caribbean Centre for Development Admin)
Website: www.ccsi-info.org
Project Name: Caribbean Programme Development
Objective: The overall objective is to make small and medium grants and contracts for programme development functions such as documentation, training, networking and learning, and communications and dissemination.
Geographical Scope: Eastern Caribbean Region
Grant date: December 2003
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 226,200
Partner: Caricad (Caribbean Centre for Development Admin)
Website: www.ccsi-info.org
Project Name: Caribbean Support Initiative: Support Functions Budget 2005
Objective: The overall objective is to make small and medium grants and contracts for programme development functions such as documentation, training, networking and learning, and communications and dissemination.
Geographical Scope: Eastern Caribbean Region
Grant date: December 2004
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 196,000
Partner: Caricad (Caribbean Centre for Development Admin)
Website: www.ccsi-info.org
Project Name: Caribbean Programme Development 2006
Objective: The overall objective is to make small and medium grants and contracts for programme development functions such as documentation, training, networking and learning, and communications and dissemination.
Geographical Scope: Eastern Caribbean Region
Grant date: January 2006
Duration: 11 months
Amount: EUR 228,400
Partner: Caricad (Caribbean Centre for Development Admin)
Website: www.ccsi-info.org
Project Name: Caribbean Programme Development 2006
Objective: To develop a conceptual and programmatic framework for the next cycle of the Caribbean Support Initiative (2007-2011).
Geographical Scope: Caribbean Region
Grant date: June 2006
Duration: 8 months
Amount: EUR 93,700
Partner: KiddiCrew.com
Website: N/A
Project Name: Caribbean Heroes Project
Objective: The overall objective is to produce a television programme for children and by children on occasion of the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting in December 2003 and to promote the programme for presentation on local television stations across the Eastern Caribbean region
Geographical Scope:
Grant date: October 2003
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 9,000
Partner: ChildFund Caribbean
Website: www.ChildFund.org
Project Name: Public Awareness Programme
Objective: The aim is to educate parents and the public about enhanced child development and parenting skills.
Geographical Scope: Dominica
Grant date: December 2004
Duration: 3 months
Amount: EUR 8,000
Partner: Caricad (Caribbean Centre for Development Admin)
Website: www.ccsi-info.org
Project Name: The Caribbean Support Initiative: Internship Pilot Project
Objective: The CSI Internship Pilot Project will facilitate practical learning experiences for Caribbean students and simultaneously generate relevant research and documentation.
Geographical Scope:
Grant date: October 2003
Duration: 3 months
Amount: EUR 18,100
Partner: SIFMA
Website: N/A
Project Name: Parent Support and Storytelling
Objective: The overall objective is to introduce and strengthen storytelling methods in childrearing and the daily care for infants and toddlers; and to create stories for and with children and make them widely available in written and audiovisualform.
Geographical Scope:
Grant date: December 2003
Duration: 11 months
Amount: EUR 60,600
Partner: Parenting Partners Caribbean
Website: N/A
Project Name: Regional Radio Project on Parenting and ECD
Objective: The overall aim of the project is to further collaboration between radio stations and communities in the development and production of radio programs on parenting and ECD in the Caribbean.
Geographical Scope: Caribbean Region
Grant date: December 2003
Duration: 1 year, and 6 months
Amount: EUR 157,700
Partner: Grencase
Website: N/A
Project Name: Experimental Mobile Caregiver Programme
Objective: Under the CSI goal of increasing good practice in parent support in the Caribbean region, the overall aim of this project is to replicate the concept and methodologies of the Roving Caregivers Programme in Dominica, Grenada and St Lucia.
Geographical Scope: Grenada
Grant date: December 2003
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 22,600
Partner: ChildFund Caribbean
Website: www.ChildFund.org
Project Name: Replication of the Roving Caregivers Programme in Dominica
Objective: Under the CSI goal of increasing good practice in parent support in the Caribbean region, the overall aim of this project is to replicate the concept and methodologies of the Roving Caregivers Programme in Dominica, Grenada and St Lucia.
Geographical Scope: Dominica
Grant date: December 2003
Duration: 2 years, and 11 months
Amount: EUR 134,600
Partner: ChildFund Caribbean
Website: www.ChildFund.org
Project Name: Replication of the Roving Caregivers Programme in Dominica
Objective: To cover an unexpected shortfall due to purchase of materials and training of staff.
Geographical Scope: Dominica
Grant date: October 2006
Duration: 3 months
Amount: EUR 24,131
Partner: Ministry of Education and Culture
Website: www.education.gov.lc
Project Name: Replication of the Roving Caregivers Programme St. Lucia
Objective: Under the CSI goal of increasing good practice in parent support in the Caribbean region, the overall aim of this project is to replicate the concept and methodologies of the Roving Caregivers Programme in Dominica, Grenada and St Lucia.
Geographical Scope: St Lucia
Grant date: December 2003
Duration: 3 years
Amount: EUR 141,300
Partner: Ministry of Education and Culture
Website: www.education.gov.lc
Project Name: Replication of the Roving Caregivers Programme St. Lucia
Objective: To implement the Roving Caregivers Programme in 16 new target communities to facilitate an impact study.
Geographical Scope: St Lucia
Grant date: August 2006
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 81,200
Partner: Centre for Population, Community and Social Change
Website: www.mona.uwi.edu/spsw
Project Name: Caribbean Internship Project
Objective: The project aims to utilise the concept of student internship to build rapport between institutions for higher learning and local parent and child support agencies in devising a regional mechanism for matching resources and needs in culturally diverse settings in the Caribbean region.
Geographical Scope: Caribbean Region
Grant date: July 2004
Duration: 2 years, and 2 months
Amount: EUR 202,300
Partner: Arts-in-Action
Website: www.sta.uwi.edu/fhe/ccfa/arts%20in%20action.htm
Project Name: Story Telling & Early Childhood Parenting Support (STEPS)
Objective: To address developmental needs of children at risk in the Caribbean region using storytelling as the primary tool.
Geographical Scope: Caribbean Region
Grant date: July 2004
Duration: 4 years, and 6 months
Amount: EUR 348,400
Partner: Ministry of National Mobilization, Social Dev.
Website: www.gov.vc
Project Name: Replication of the Roving Caregivers Programme in St Vincent
Objective: To replicate the concept and methodologies of the Roving Caregivers Programme in St Vincent and the Grenadines. This objective falls under the CSI goal of increasing good practice in parent support in the Caribbean region.
Geographical Scope: St Vincent and Grenadines
Grant date: September 2004
Duration: 3 years
Amount: EUR 161,900
Partner: AvDawn Research Consultants
Website: N/A
Project Name: Caribbean Support Initiative: Evaluation, Phase II
Objective: To evaluate the implementation of the CSI concept, to analyse the replication and dissemination process of the Roving Caregivers Programme, and to document and analyse the ways in which the CSI programme effects its achievements in the area of ECD and parenting.
Geographical Scope: Caribbean Region
Grant date: January 2005
Duration: 1 year, and 2 months
Amount: EUR 57,300
Partner: Caribbean Child Support Initiative
Website: www.csinews.org
Project Name: The Caribbean Support Initiative: Research Project
Objective: To advance regional thinking on childrearing and socialisation and use research to inform national family support policies and practices in the Caribbean region.
Geographical Scope: Caribbean Region
Grant date: January 2005
Duration: 1 year, and 6 months
Amount: EUR 123,900
Partner: Grencase
Website: N/A
Project Name: Mobile Caregiver Programme, Phase II
Objective: To replicate the concept and methodologies of the Roving Caregivers Programme in Grenada; and to promote good practice in parent support in the Caribbean region.
Geographical Scope: Grenada
Grant date: December 2004
Duration: 3 years
Amount: EUR 185,400
Partner: Grencase
Website: N/A
Project Name: Mobile Caregiver Programme, Phase II
Objective: To cover the costs for employment of an administrative assistant.
Geographical Scope: Grenada
Grant date: August 2005
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 12,300
Partner: Caricad (Caribbean Centre for Development Admin)
Website: www.ccsi-info.org
Project Name: Regional Radio Project II
Objective: The aim of the Regional Radio Project is to further greater understanding of how to use media and how it can play a role in the lives of children and their parents.
Geographical Scope: Caribbean Region
Grant date: December 2005
Duration: 3 years, and 6 months
Amount: EUR 207,400
Partner: Amsterdam Institute for International Development
Website: www.aiid.org
Project Name: Impact Evaluation of the Roving Caregivers Programme
Objective: To launch a longitudinal impact study on the Roving Caregivers Programme in the Caribbean.
Geographical Scope: Eastern Caribbean Region
Grant date: December 2005
Duration: 3 years
Amount: EUR 304,800
Partner: Centre for Population, Community and Social Change
Website: www.mona.uwi.edu/spsw
Project Name: Caribbean Internship Project II
Objective: The project will devise a regional mechanism for matching resources and needs in culturally diverse settings in the Caribbean region and also open its own webpage on the CPCSC website.
Geographical Scope: Caribbean Region
Grant date: May 2006
Duration: 6 months
Amount: EUR 88,600
Partner: Caricad (Caribbean Centre for Development Admin)
Website: www.ccsi-info.org
Project Name: A Qualitative Assessment of the Roving Caregivers Programme
Objective: To launch a qualitative study on the Roving Caregivers Programme in the Caribbean.
Geographical Scope: Caribbean Region
Grant date: July 2006
Duration: 3 years
Amount: EUR 150,300
Partner: Caricad (Caribbean Centre for Development Admin)
Website: www.ccsi-info.org
Project Name: Caribbean Child Support Initiative 2007–2011
Objective: The Caribbean Child Support Initiative (CCSI) seeks to strengthen the care environment of young children up to the age of three in the eastern Caribbean region.
Geographical Scope: Eastern Caribbean
Grant date: December 2006
Duration: 4 years, and 11 months
Amount: EUR 952,800
Partner: ChildFund Caribbean
Website: www.ChildFund.org
Project Name: Replication of the Roving Caregivers Prog. in Dominica, II
Objective: Under the CCSI goal of increasing good practice in parent support in the Caribbean region, the project aims to replicate the concept and methodologies of the Roving Caregivers Programme in Dominica.
Geographical Scope: Dominica
Grant date: December 2006
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 55,000
Partner: Ministry of National Mobilization, Social Dev.
Website: www.gov.vc
Project Name: Replication of the Roving Caregivers Prog. in St Vincent, II
Objective: To replicate the concept and methodologies of the Roving Caregivers Programme in St Vincent and the Grenadines, under the CSI goal of increasing good practice in parent support in the Caribbean region.
Geographical Scope: St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Grant date: December 2006
Duration: 3 months
Amount: EUR 13,500
Partner: Ministry of Education and Culture
Website: www.education.gov.lc
Project Name: Replication of the Roving Caregivers Programme St. Lucia, II
Objective: Under the CSI goal of increasing good practice in parent support in the Caribbean region, the aim of this project is to replicate the concept and methodologies of the Roving Caregivers Programme in St Lucia.
Geographical Scope: St. Lucia
Grant date: December 2006
Duration: 7 months
Amount: EUR 87,600
Partner: Centre for Population, Community and Social Change
Website: www.mona.uwi.edu/spsw
Project Name: Caribbean Internship Project, Phase III
Objective: The project will devise a regional mechanism for matching resources and needs in culturally diverse settings in the Caribbean region and also open its own webpage on the CPCSC website.
Geographical Scope: Caribbean Region
Grant date: December 2006
Duration: 3, and 1 month
Amount: EUR 195,000
Partner: El Circo del Mundo
Website: N/A
Project Name: Children, Clowning and Resilience, Phase III
Objective: a) To develop protective factors in children aged 3 to 12 years; (b) to transfer the methodology of interactive clowning and children to local institutions; (c) to promote the interest of private and public institutions in the theme of childhood development and humour, both locally and regionally; and (d) to disseminate the knowledge acquired through the project among regional organisations.
Geographical Scope: Altos Hospicios, Iquique
Grant date: April 2003
Duration: 11 months
Amount: EUR 69,800
Partner: CINDE - Bogota
Website: N/A
Project Name: EID cross-site Grant Project: The emergent indicators in EI
Objective: The indicators which have emerged during the EI Initiative will provide valuable information about the different aspects of a programme and give a deeper understanding of their concept, use, construction, sources, interpretation and classification, while taking into account the various cultural settings.
Geographical Scope:
Grant date: May 2003
Duration: 9 months
Amount: EUR 10,000
Partner: CINDE - Bogota
Website: N/A
Project Name: Human Development in the EI Projects
Objective: To analyse each project from the human development perspective, to relate it with its effectiveness, and to built up a cross-site vision that gathers the different meanings given to this perspective. In this way, a major comprehension that could be used in the formulation, execution, and evaluation of the programs and projects addressed to childcare could be achieved.
Geographical Scope: Colombia, Peru, India
Grant date: May 2003
Duration: 6 months
Amount: EUR 15,000
Partner: Fundación para el Desarrollo Integral del Menor
Website: www.fundacionfesco.org.co
Project Name: Childhood and Rural family, Phase II *
Objective: The overall goal of the project continues to be to create in rural areas in the Caldas Region an environment that is appropriate for children and enables them to develop their abilities and potentials, and to mediate a situation of risks and vulnerability.
Geographical Scope: Caldas / Colombia
Grant date: June 2003
Duration: 2 years
Amount: EUR 267,000
Partner: Fundación para el Desarrollo Integral del Menor
Website: www.fundacionfesco.org.co
Project Name: Childhood and Rural family Phase II 1.1*
Objective: To extend the project COL-2002-124 for a period of 12 months to continue with on-going activities
Geographical Scope: Caldas / Colombia
Grant date: December 2003
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 123,418
Partner: Fundación para el Desarrollo Integral del Menor
Website: www.fundacionfesco.org.co
Project Name: Childhood and Rural family Phase II 1.2*
Objective: To strengthen the institutional capacitiy of FESCO to undertake programme research and to produce qualified information and knowledge for sharing and dissemination through a variety of communication channels
Geographical Scope: Manizales
Grant date: December 2004
Duration: 1 year, and 2 months
Amount: EUR 61,728
Partner: Fundación para el Desarrollo Integral del Menor
Website: www.fundacionfesco.org.co
Project Name: Childhood and Rural family, Phase II 1.3 *
Objective: To cover the deficit incurred due to exchange rate fluctuations since inception of the project in January 2003.
Geographical Scope: Caldas; Colombia
Grant date: August 2005
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 25,100
Partner: Consejo Nacional Educación en Trabajo Social
Website: www.ucaldas.edu.co
Project Name: Colombian Social Work Congress *
Objective: .to organise a National Conference on Social Work in Colombia
Geographical Scope: nationwide
Grant date: February 2003
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 6,100
Partner: Fundación Cultural Germinando
Website: N/A
Project Name: Loving You *
Objective: The overall goal of the project is to create an organised community, in which parents and other care takers, through innovative educational programmes, are made aware of the developmental needs of children, resulting in an environment in which children can prosper and develop their potentials.
Geographical Scope: Pereira, Risaralda/ Colombia
Grant date: June 2003
Duration: 3 years, and 5 months
Amount: EUR 148,200
Partner: Fundación Cultural Germinando
Website: N/A
Project Name: Loving You -1.1*
Objective: To extend the project COL-2003-009 for a period of 12 months to continue with on-going activities
Geographical Scope: Pereira, Risaralda / Colombia
Grant date: December 2003
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 69,511
Partner: Fundación Cultural Germinando
Website: N/A
Project Name: Loving You - 1.2 *
Objective: To continue the ongoing programme and reinforce educational and research components in the project.
Geographical Scope: Pereira, Risaralda/ Colombia
Grant date: November 2004
Duration: 1 year, and 3 months
Amount: EUR 50,000
Partner: Fundación Cultural Germinando
Website: N/A
Project Name: Loving You - 1.3 *
Objective: To cover the deficit incurred due to exchange rate fluctuations since inception of the project in January 2003.
Geographical Scope: Pereira, Risaralda; Colombia
Grant date: August 2005
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 15,500
Partner: Universidad del Norte
Website: www.uninorte.edu.co
Project Name: Children's rights and Human Development *
Objective: To address the problematique of children who lack adequate protection taking as a starting point the Convention of the Rights of the Child. The project will also give major attention to the situation of children of displaced families.It will set up activities with children, provide training and workshops for the different groups, organise information exchange through the publication of a magazine and internet and undertake a series of studies that can provide a better insight on how children and their families deal with the daily situation of violence and lack of protection.
Geographical Scope: Costa Caribe/ Colombia
Grant date: November 2003
Duration: 2 years
Amount: EUR 180,500
Partner: Universidad del Norte
Website: www.uninorte.edu.co
Project Name: Children's rights and Human Development 1.1*
Objective: To extend the project Col-2003-013 from 24 to 36 months
Geographical Scope: Costa Caribe / Colombia
Grant date: December 2003
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 90,270
Partner: Universidad del Norte
Website: www.uninorte.edu.co
Project Name: Children's rights and Human Development 1.2 *
Objective: To cover the deficit incurred due to exchange rate fluctuations since inception of the project in August 2003.
Geographical Scope: Costa Atlantica; Colombia
Grant date: December 2005
Duration: 7 months
Amount: EUR 75,300
Partner: Fundación Caminos de Identidad (FUCAI)
Website: N/A
Project Name: Education Programmes in Uitoto Indigenous Communities *
Objective: The project will focus on women and children of Uitoto communities to build an environment that provides better opprtunities for them, using a number of workshops and meetings with the target group.
Geographical Scope: Uitoto
Grant date: December 2003
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 15,100
Partner: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Website: N/A
Project Name: 1st Congress: Education, Care and Compassion *
Objective: To support a National Conference on Ethics, Care and Compassion.
Geographical Scope: Nationwide
Grant date: September 2004
Duration: N/A
Amount: EUR 8,221
Partner: Universidad del Norte
Website: www.uninorte.edu.co
Project Name: Rights of Vulnerable children.Victims of Violence *
Objective: To contribute to the physical, psychological and emotional wellbeing of young children who live in vulnerable environments and who are victims of intra-family violence, by developing and implementing a programme based on creativity and using games and plays as methodology.
Geographical Scope: Costa Atlántica
Grant date: November 2004
Duration: 8 months
Amount: EUR 13,957
Partner: Fundación Caminos de Identidad (FUCAI)
Website: N/A
Project Name: Community Agreements *
Objective: To ensure involvement of the Uitoto communities in decision making processes concerning educational practices in the college as well as in project-related activities in the communities focusing on young children.
Geographical Scope: La Chorrera; Colombia
Grant date: November 2004
Duration: 1 year
Amount: EUR 4,200
Partner: Universidad del Valle
Website: N/A
Project Name: Narratives, Poems and Memory
Objective: To implement, validate and disseminate an educational intervention strategy that will enhance children’s capacity to use their emotions in a positive way. This will be achieved by building on true life stories and written and oral expressions, and will serve as a tool to relate to other members in the community as well as to exercise their rights to a respectful and caring environment.
Geographical Scope: Cali; Colombia
Grant date: April 2006
Duration: 3 years, and 8 months
Amount: EUR 230,100
Partner: Fundación Caminos de Identidad (FUCAI)
Website: N/A
Project Name: Families and Teachers training in La Chorrera *
Objective: To train parents, grandparents, students and teachers in child development issues, enabling children aged 0 to 6 from the Uitoto, Boro and Okaina ethnic groups, to have a harmonious childhood and to enter and remain in the formal school system.
Geographical Scope: La Chorrera; Colombia
Grant date: December 2005
Duration: 3 years
Amount: EUR 115,700
Partner: Fundación Cultural Germinando
Website: N/A
Project Name: Vital Commitment *
Objective: To train parents and other caretakers, as well as educational agents from the urban area of Pereira, in child development issues and new pedagogical methodologies to bring about positive changes in child rearing practices.
Geographical Scope: Pereira, Dosquebradas, La Virginia; Colombia
Grant date: March 2006
Duration: 3 years
Amount: EUR 324,600