Criança Feliz: Brazil’s ambitious early childhood programme

In October 2016, Brazil launched one of the most ambitious home visiting programmes in the world, Criança Feliz (“Happy Child”). This multimedia case study looks at the challenges of launching and scaling up the programme in a highly diverse country and during a politically tumultuous period.

One of a series of case studies developed by the Harvard Kennedy School for the Bernard van Leer Foundation-sponsored executive education course in scaling early childhood programmes.