The Accelerated School Readiness program.
Learning success in school requires children to develop a complex set of skills. Developing the skills needed for learning success happens before children enter the classroom for the first time. Being ready for school is a term used by educators to describe an important set of multifaceted skills a child needs in order to flourish…
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Positive parenting can make communities thrive
Research shows that early childhood experiences have a very strong impact on children’s physical, cognitive, emotional and social development. Positive parenting and nurturing care are essential for children during their early years. Bertin is a cocoa farmer in the village of Doubo, in southern Ivory Coast. He and his wife recently received training on positive…
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Ivory Coast launches the Multisectoral Project on Nutrition and Early Childhood Development
The Ivorian Multisectoral Project on Nutrition and Early Childhood Development was launched in November 2018 with the support of The Power of Nutrition, the World Bank, the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and TRECC. One of the challenges to tackle: one in four Ivorian children are stunted. Header image: Flickr/xiaozhuli CC-BY-NC
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Cocoa company Touton joins TRECC to boost early childhood development in Ivory Coast
Touton will work in partnership with TRECC to improve the development and well-being of young children in cocoa-growing communities in Ivory Coast. With this new partnership, Touton became the 11th company to join TRECC following Barry Callebaut, Blommer, Cargill, Cémoi, Caboz, The Hershey Company, Mars, Mondelēz International, Nestlé and Tony’s Chocolonely. Farmers who provide cocoa…
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How to make education investments as effective as possible
TRECC is partnering with Millennium Institute and the Ivorian government to develop a tool analyzing education and ECD-related policies. The project will provide an overview of what can be done to effectively achieve SDG targets by facilitating simulations of different scenarios.
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