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DELIVERING ECED IN EMERGENCIES EVIDENCE HUB

Evidence Hub on Delivering Early Childhood Education and Development (ECED) in Emergency Contexts. GSF aims to codify a set of practitioner-focused resources and develop them into repositories to support critical actors to effectively deliver and scale ECED in emergencies 

Context

Emergencies are becoming frequent and young children are at the forefront of the crises. More than 10 million infants and young children are caught in crisis and displacement. They lack the necessary support to rebuild resilience and reach their full potential. 

Quality and integrated Early Childhood Education and Development (ECED) can help mitigate the harmful effects of trauma and displacement. However, grassroot organisations, that are the first point of contacts with children and caregivers find it challenging to effectively deliver ECED services. Some articulated gaps are (a) scarce evidence on promising locally led models, (b) shortage of user-friendly tools and resources suited for high-pressure and time-constraint environments, and (c) limited focus in existing resources with respect to strengthening practice and addressing context-based requirements.

GSF aims to launch an Evidence Hub to provide practical resources to support grassroot organisations working in emergencies improve their ECED services.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Toolkit for ECD Programming in Emergencies

GSF conducted a pilot in Waliso, Ethiopia, with Children in Crossfire and Busara Center to develop a user-friendly Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) toolkit for dual-generational programming focused on early childhood development in emergency situations. 

Dual-generational programmes are those that simultaneously and intentionally address the needs of both children and their caregivers. The approach is essential in emergencies as the well-being of caregivers and children becomes deeply interlinked in such destablising settings. A strong MEL system is the backbone of this programming, however there is an absence of appropriate measurement tools and guidance. Through our research, we have attempted to bridge this gap.

Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) toolkit resources

Handouts

Check out our resource briefs

  • Download the Childcare Programmes in Refugee Contexts handout here.
  • Download the Programming Innovations for Enhancing Psycho-social Support to Caregivers in Humanitarian Contexts handbook here.

Events

Celebrating the inaugural International Day of Play  

  • Watch the recording of our panel discussion promoting learning through play in humanitarian contexts.  
  • See a curated database of play resources for practitioners to promote play-based learning experiences database.
  • Our panel at the East Africa Regional Early Childhood Conference: Read our blog about our panel discussion where we highlighted innovations in dual-generational programming for refugees and explored future research and policy opportunities to scale this approach. 

Communities of Practice

  • Unpacking dual-generational programming for ECD in emergencies.  
  • To learn more about dual-generational programming, watch our inaugural session exploring its foundations here.
  • Read insights from our recent community of practice on dual-generational programming in protracted emergency contexts here.