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Download full textPence, Alan; Nsamenang, Bame – Bernard van Leer Foundation (NJ1), 2008
Issues connected with children's welfare and child development are appearing on national and international agendas with greater prominence and frequency. However, the international image of children is becoming increasingly homogeneous and Western-derived, with an associated erosion of the diversity of child contexts. This essay explores the…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Foreign Countries
Engle, Patrice – Bernard van Leer Foundation (NJ1), 2008
In 2005, an estimated 48 million children aged 0-18 years--12 percent of all children in sub-Saharan Africa--were orphans, and that number is expected to rise to 53 million by 2010. One quarter of all orphans are orphaned because of AIDS, and about 2.6 million children are currently infected with HIV. Untreated, most children born with HIV will…
Descriptors: Evidence, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Young Children, Foreign Countries
Vanderbroeck, Michel – Bernard van Leer Foundation (NJ1), 2006
This paper concentrates on the impact of globalisation on childcare since the late 1970s, particularly in the last two decades. It looks at how our views about children, parents and public services have changed as a result. In particular, the paper examines the case in Belgium, where the consequences of globalisation are also analyzed in terms of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Global Approach
Mwaura, Nora – Bernard van Leer Foundation (NJ1), 2003
In "Beyond Fishing," the Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF) documents its experiences as a local capacity building and grantmaking organisation and describes how it supports community based projects in developing their organisational capacity. In recent decades, development organisations have been supporting capacity building mainly…
Descriptors: Community Development, Foreign Countries, Child Development, Early Childhood Education
Bernard van Leer Foundation, Newsletter, 1996
This document consists of the four issues of the Bernard van Leer Foundation's "Newsletter" published during 1996. The newsletter covers topics related to, or about efforts to foster, the education and welfare of children around the world, and includes descriptions of programs around the world, lists of resources and publications, and early…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Welfare, Childrens Rights, Early Childhood Education
Bernard van Leer Foundation Newsletter, 1994
This newsletter theme issue deals with the phenomenon of mobility or transience in India, Kenya, Greece, Ireland, Malaysia, Thailand and Israel. The primary focus is on mobility's effect on young children, specifically their health and education; some of the broader concerns also addressed by the newsletter are the causes of mobility and its…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Family Environment
