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The latest news about the Bernard van Leer Foundation, our partners and the issues we work on.
Blog: How we made the documentary ‘The Beginning of Life’
Read a new blog by movie director and writer Estela Renner about the making of the documentary The Beginning of Life. Read more
Journalists invited to apply for training on covering early childhood (closed)
Are you a journalist who would like to be better prepared to report knowledgeably on policies and programmes centred on early childhood development? The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma… Read more
Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally meets in Abidjan
The ninth and final Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally (iYCG) will be held in Abidjan on October 20 and 21, on the theme of Innovations in Investing in… Read more
Habitat III conference includes focus on young children
The Foundation's India representative, Dharitri Patnaik, will speak next Wednesday at the Foundations & Philanthropies Roundtable of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), to… Read more
Workshop in Bogotá: Designing cities for healthy child development
"Designing cities for healthy child development" is the theme of a workshop being held by the Foundation as a side event to the 5th World Summit of Local and Regional… Read more
The Lancet's Early Childhood Development Series 2016
The Lancet is launching a new Early Childhood Development Series, highlighting scientific evidence for early childhood interventions and proposing pathways to scale. Read more
Watch and share clips from the documentary The Beginning of Life
Watch and share (#thebeginningoflife) some short clips from the documentary The Beginning of Life, which shines a light on the importance of the early years by documenting the lives of… Read more
Catch up with the Early Childhood Matters webinar
The Early Childhood Matters webinar ‘Advances in early childhood development’ held on 20 September is now available to watch on YouTube. Moderated by Joan Lombardi, the hour-long webinar featured presentations… Read more
Blog: Beyond Urgency: The Need to Support Young Children Living Through Conflict
Read the newest post on the Bernard van Leer Foundation blog, written by Joan Lombardi, Senior Advisor, about the new report released Theirworld, Safe Spaces: The Urgent Need for Early… Read more
Whole family approach to addressing global poverty: a webinar
The launch of the new report Breaking the Cycle of Poverty: Whole Family Approach, by Ascend at The Aspen Institute and the Bernard van Leer Foundation, was marked by a… Read more