The challenge: The brain develops most rapidly in the first six years of a child’s life. Yet, worldwide, 250 million children are not reaching their potential during these years. In 2015, an estimated six million children died before reaching age five, mostly because of highly preventable and treatable diseases. In developing countries, hundreds of millions of children do not have access to pre-school; they live in areas affected by armed conflict and climate-related disasters; and their growth is stunted, which harms their brain development.
Our solution: We work to ensure that girls and boys have a good start in life by influencing the environments in which they are growing. By supporting educators, parents, and governments in promoting and providing high-quality early learning opportunities, we are helping secure a brighter future for communities around the world.
On the tenth anniversary of International Day of the Girl, learn how Canadian investments are supporting and making a difference for girls in Central Asia.
Canadian investments in education are making a world of difference for girls and boys in Africa and Asia. The Foundations
“My hope would be that gender equality becomes so part of everybody’s DNA that integrating gender and using a gender lens will be a part of everyone.”
My ultimate hope for the future is that we can transform the way we think, change our mindset around women, around girls, around gender issues.
We helped governments create resources and toolkits to help students continue learning beyond the classroom.
F4EE aims to improve educational systems at the pre-primary and primary levels.
F4HE aims to improve the health and well-being and enhance equitable development and empowerment of women and girls.
Over the past months, we’ve learned that COVID-19 is more than a health crisis. The pandemic has disrupted our regular
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), sometimes called the Global Goals, are a worldwide movement to break the cycle of poverty
