Methods and Learning

Globally, over 200 million children under 5 are not reaching their developmental potential due to poverty and lack of ECD services. The aeioTU educational model has proven to close the development gap between children of high and low income families; when sharing it with others, it has proven to enhance educational practices. By scaling the model globally, we will be able to secure every child has a fair start in life, creating a better future for themselves and their families.

We propose to use the Collaborative Team Approach (CTA) to spread the practice of the Sugira Muryango home-visiting program, an evidence-based intervention that offers active coaching of caregivers by lay-workers from the community trained in the intervention to promote early stimulation, play, nutrition, hygiene, non-violent discipline and responsive parenting, across the Nyanza district of Rwanda.

Anthony Kolozetti of My School ROCKS in Canada will develop an educational music application for schools that combines collaborative technology with the universal medium of music to help young people succeed academically and acquire 21st century skills such as mindfulness, stress management, resilience and empathy. Growing numbers of students are suffering from unhappiness at school, experiencing daily anxiety and stress.

Eric Dawson of Peace First Inc. in the U.S. will develop a digital platform that provides tools, online mentors, resources, and funding to help young people aged between 13 and 25 in the Middle East solve critical issues in their communities. Their Youth Challenge Platform approach has already shown initial success for over a hundred projects proposed and run by international youth in the U.S. They will adapt their platform for the Middle East by including different languages and tools, particularly to foster cross-cultural collaborations.