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“We can survive two weeks without food, we can survive two days without water, but we can't survive more than two minutes without breathing. It is fundamental!” Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, an… Read more

Last month saw the official launch event for Phase II of Urban95 in Udaipur. While the first phase was about piloting and testing, the second phase will move onto scaling. Read more

A series of short films on early childhood – Quanto mais Cedo, Maior (“the sooner, the bigger”) – has been broadcast at primetime on the largest commercial TV network in… Read more

An awareness-raising campaign about the importance of a child’s first 1,000 days, Ode to all parents, launched this week in the Netherlands. This period – approximately from a child’s conception… Read more

The Bernard van Leer Foundation and Clean Air Fund have launched a new video campaign to raise awareness about the impacts of air pollution on babies and toddlers in Indian… Read more

In August 2021, Brazil celebrated “Early Years Month” for the very first time. This same month also marked a year since the official launch of the Urban95 network in Brazil. Read more

Countdown 2030, which launched earlier this week, is a new online dashboard that collates data on mental health by country. The Bernard van Leer Foundation is supporting the initiative as… Read more

The Urban95 Academy is a leadership programme designed for municipal leaders across the world to learn and develop strategies to make cities better for babies, toddlers and their caregivers. Read more

The Magic Moments campaign in Israel is taking new directions with a new range of partners. Run by Hop!, a media channel for preschoolers, the campaign originally launched on TV… Read more

The Celebrate Public Life campaign is an open call for urban residents around the world to tell stories about the public spaces they love and depend on. Read more