Webinar on early childhood: how communities are achieving transformational change

In a webinar hosted by Firelight and the Institute for Human Development at Aga Khan University, a brilliant line-up of panelists shared the transformative results they are seeing for children. These results were from initiatives that were driven by communities themselves – from design to implementation and evaluation.

The panelists:

Dr. Amina Abubakar, distinguished African research psychologist, currently serving as Professor and Director at the Institute for Human Development at the Aga Khan University.

Margaret Mundia, experienced social worker in Zambia, currently mobilizing community-led action for ECD in her role as Chief Trustee with Kaoma Wise Trust CBO in Kaoma.

Dr. Seth Oppong, expert African psychologist with a focus on decolonizing early childhood science and interventions in Africa, currently serving as Professor of Psychology at the University of Botswana.

Gideon Kimosop, experienced community practitioner working on programs supporting young children and their families in Kenya, currently serving as Program Coordinator with Nawiri Child Development Program in northern Kenya

Carolyne Ng’eny, experienced practitioner in managing interventions aimed at social justice for disadvantaged populations, currently supporting community-driven systems change for early childhood development in Malawi and Zambia in her role as Program Officer with Firelight.

Charles Nyerere, experienced social worker in Malawi, currently supporting community-driven interventions for ECD in his role as Program Officer with Nachikodowa CBO in Mulanje.

With concluding remarks by –

Maniza Ntekim, experienced practitioner in supporting early childhood interventions across eastern and southern Africa, currently serving as Senior Programme Officer at the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

The panel was moderated by Dr. Sadaf Shallwani.

Watch here.