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Canadian Government-funded “Saving Brains” research finds: Babies exclusively breastfed to six months old half as likely to have later conduct disorders; Enriched play/stimulation to age 2 creates brighter 4-year-olds. Read more

Read the newest post on the Bernard van Leer Foundation blog about the Harvard Kennedy School executive education course on ‘Leading & Scaling Early Childhood Initiatives’, written by Elvira Thissen,… Read more

The 2016 edition of the Bernard van Leer Foundation’s journal, Early Childhood Matters, was launched today by guest editor Joan Lombardi at the Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally… Read more

After the official premiere in Brazil on May 5th, the documentary The Beginning of Life is now available worldwide on various global video-on-demand platforms including Netflix and iTunes. Read more

Read the newest post on the Bernard van Leer Foundation blog, written by Anne van Heijst, Project Officer 'Baby Campaign'. Read more

Do you have an idea to improve the lives of young children in cities? How would you organise neighbourhoods, public space, green areas, housing, services and transportation? What else would… Read more

Read the newest post on the Bernard van Leer Foundation blog, written by our Senior Advisor Joan Lombardi (written for NAEYC), about the fact that the early childhood workforce has… Read more

Foundation partner Humara Bachpan has won the 2016 Hero Award for Best Youth Act. The Hero Awards are an initiative of the "One Billion Acts of Peace" campaign, supported by… Read more

The Beginning of Life documents the lives of young children and their families across the world to help shine a light on the significance of the early years, and how… Read more

Humara Bachpan is a semi-finalist in the UN-supported One Billion Acts of Peace 2016 Hero Award. Online voting is open until May 12th, and you can see videos about Humara… Read more