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The Special Meeting of the OAS Permanent Council and the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter – American Council for integral Development on the importance of investing in early childhood for the development of the region is taking place today Under the title “Investing in early childhood: a sure strategy for combating poverty and for [...]

Artist and activist Shakira and World Bank President Robert Zoellick announce “The Early Childhood Initiative: An Investment for Life” in Latin America and the Caribbean
ALAS Foundation’s activist and founding member Shakira and World Bank President Robert Zoellick today launched a groundbreaking $US 300 million joint initiative aimed at expanding development programs for young children in [...]

ALAS Foundation’s founder and activist Shakira met with President Obama and at the White House today to discuss their shared interest in early childhood development and universal education.

“It was such a privilege to sit down with the President in the Oval Office to discuss our shared commitment to education and early childhood development. We [...]

Internationally-renowned artist and founder of the ALAS Foundation Shakira Mebarak and World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick will launch a groundbreaking new venture, “The Early Childhood Initiative: An Investment for Life,” on Monday, February 22, 2010 at 1:00 pm at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC.
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The Early Childhood Initiative will provide US$300 million [...]

The World Bank launched today ThePromise of Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, a book by the Bank’s Senior Education Economist Emiliana Vegas and Lucrecia Santibañez that provides the tools to close the gaps in the knowledge about the Early Childhood Development (ECD) efforts in the region through an overview of selected cases [...]