Education
Global Fund for Children’s Co-CEO, John Hecklinger, reflects on a recent visit to Honduras, where partners in the Supporting Early Education and Development (SEED) initiative are tackling profound challenges to early childhood development with courage, collaboration, and community-led solutions.
Newest
Organizational wellbeing is increasingly recognized as fundamental within the philanthropic sector. In this blog post, GFC’s Rodrigo Barraza shares three simple but effective practices to promote organizational wellbeing.
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted funders to rethink how they interact with their grantees. In this blog post, GFC President and CEO John Hecklinger delves into a new report that looks at whether those changes have lasted.
Youth power
Grassroots partners in GFC’s Combating Child Trafficking in India initiative offer their reflections on participatory monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
Education
A July meeting in Uganda provided GFC partners from sub-Saharan Africa with an opportunity to exchange ideas for making learning more creative and joyful.
Education, Gender justice, Safety and wellbeing, Youth power
In this video love letter, GFC honors and thanks our grassroots partners for their tireless work with and for children and youth.
Education, Gender justice, Youth power
GFC's Corey Oser reflects on her experience when she accompanied the program staff of Avani, one of GFC’s partners in Kolhapur, India, for a conversation where community members shared what feels important about their community.
Education
GFC’s Corey Oser takes us to India to observe how GFC partner Suchana helps children in West Bengal learn with emphasis on the importance of using native languages in education.
Youth power
With Sierra Leonean children at heightened risk during the national election period, GFC partner Children’s Forum Network employed several strategies to safeguard children before, during, and after the elections.
Education
Un pequeño carro robótico se desplazaba por el suelo, las cuerdas de una guitarra emitían notas y ojos miraban a través del objetivo de una cámara de cartón mientras risas y gritos de júbilo brotaban por toda la sala. ¿Los culpables de toda esta diversión? Personas adultas que sacaron su “niña o niño interior” cuando líderes comunitarios de Brasil, Colombia y Guatemala mostraron sus metodologías de aprendizaje a través del juego.
Education
A tiny robotic car zoomed across the floor, notes floated from guitar strings, and eyes peered through a cardboard camera lens while laughter and cheers erupted around the room. The culprits of all this fun? Grown adults who brought out their inner child when grassroots leaders from Brazil, Colombia, and Guatemala showcased their “learning through play” methodologies.