Parenting is a journey filled with love, challenges, sacrifices, and endless learning. Yet many parents and caregivers are expected to navigate this journey with little support.
This #ParentingMonth, let's recognize that supporting parents is one of the most effective ways to help children thrive.
When caregivers are empowered, children are more likely to grow, learn, and reach their full potential.
#ParentingSupport #ECD #NurturingCare #TogetherForParents
🎙️ Episode 2 is out: Care Is Learning Too
For young children, learning begins with care.
🎧 Listen Here>
https://t.co/jZf0rYcUfE
Every strong beginning starts with a caring adult.
#ECCEPolicyUG#StrongBeginningsBrightFutures#AbaanaBaffe
🏡 DID YOU KNOW?
Parents and caregivers are children's first and most important teachers.
Talk, listen, play, and read together every day.
❤️ Small moments make a big difference.
#ECCEPolicyUG#StrongBeginningsBrightFutures#AbaanaBaffe
Uganda is one of the countries with the youngest population in the world.
Investing in children is investing in Uganda’s future.
#InvestInUGchildren#UNICEFUGCPD2030
Care systems are essential to thriving societies and economies, yet remain underfunded in many countries. A new guide from @UN_Women provides practical tools to assess care gaps, costs, and the returns of investing in the care economy.
Read more:
https://t.co/EwTywJXyVP
Well-prepared primary school teachers are crucial for equipping children with the foundational skills essential for future academic achievement, jobs, and lifelong success.
Explore approaches to initial teacher education: https://t.co/p3mcPK0Scx
International development does not follow a one-size-fits-all approach; it is context sensitive. To scale effective education policies and programmes, promote peer learning, and drive social and economic progress, UNESCO is collecting #LeadingSDG4 good practices. Share your transformative actions and success stories with the world now!
➡️ Submit SDG 4 good practices: https://t.co/NV3VuSWq0M
➡️ Submit good practices on the use of evidence for education policy and practice: https://t.co/wuBAzHhDCT
Storytelling is one of the most powerful tools in the ECD advocacy toolkit, and last week, @LABE_UG took a deliberate step to strengthen it.
In partnership with @MovingMindsECD through their Reporters for Early Age Children in Humanitarian Crisis (REACH) Network, we brought together radio, print, TV, and digital journalists from across West Nile in Arua to ask a hard question: why are the youngest children in crisis-affected communities so rarely in the news; and what does it take to amplify their stories in mainstream media?
The day was spent building the knowledge, confidence, and connections journalists need to cover early childhood development with depth and care, and put ECD firmly on the media agenda.
#EarlyChildhood #WestNile #ECDJournalism
“Children are already experiencing the impacts of climate change through hunger, displacement, disrupted learning, and threats to their health.”
Our Executive Director Dr Lynette Okengo and Prof Alan Stein call for children to be placed at the centre of climate action in @guardian
Read the full article here:
https://t.co/Ldk5R7g0xV
#ClimateCrisis #ECD #IStand4Children
🎧 Episode 1 of The First Six is live!
We unpack Uganda’s ECCE Policy and what it means for children, parents, centers, districts, and communities.
Listen: https://t.co/wzeeAeyQxX
#ECCEPolicyUG#StongBeginningsBrightFutures#AbaanaBaffe
The #ECCEPolicyUG gives us a chance to act early through quality early learning, parenting support, trained caregivers, nutrition, inclusion, safety, and stronger local government systems.
The cost of inaction will be far greater.
#StrongBeginningsBrightFutures
I had the honour of #hosting the National Launch of Uganda’s #ECCE Policy, a powerful reminder that the future of any nation is shaped long before formal education begins.
One Key lesson stood out clearly:
🔑Early childhood development is not just an education issue. It is a human capital, governance and national development priority.
📌The quality of care, nutrition, protection, stimulation and support a child receives in their earliest years ultimately shapes the strength of a nation decades later.
Uganda is making an important shift from fragmented approaches to a more coordinated vision for children and families.
Read the policy👉 https://t.co/sDbEmZOFkH
Strong beginnings truly do create bright futures.
#ECCEPolicyUG #Leadership #PublicPolicy #Moderator #MC
The forum matters because beyond theory, the forum seeks to showcase mechanisms like pooled funds, results-based financing, blended finance, and domestic resource mobilization strategies that provide practical solutions for countries to adapt.
#IStand4Children#ECDFinancingForum #InvestingInTheEarlyYears #EarlyChildhoodDevelopment
We joined the @Educ_SportsUg and partners to launch Uganda’s new National Early Childhood Care and Education Policy. A major step toward stronger foundations for young children.
A key shift separates childcare and early education:
• 0 to 3 years, childcare
• 3 to 6 years, nursery education
This helps ensure age-appropriate support at every stage.
The future starts in classrooms, playgrounds and safe spaces for every child.
Be part of the movement at where policy meets people on the streets. This walk is more than steps, it’s a statement for every child’s right to thrive early.
#ECCEWalkUG#StrongBeginningsBrightFutures
One morning. One movement. A lifetime of impact for every child.
We’re not just showing up, we’re showing what the future deserves.
Care, learning, and opportunity from day one.
#ECCEWalkUG#StrongBeginningsBrightFutures