Migrant and refugee children in three Colombian cities will soon be able to access ‘safe spaces’ thanks to work led and now expanded by the Bernard van Leer Foundation.Read more
Brazilian cities’ experiences of creating naturalised parks – which bring major benefits for children – are the inspiration behind a new book.
The Alana Institute, in partnership with the Bernard van Leer Foundation’s Urban95 Brazil project,...Read more
An acclaimed urban design resource which focuses on children and caregivers is now available in Spanish, making it accessible to millions more child rights champions worldwide.Read more
The Indian city of Pune is rolling out the next part of the acclaimed Urban95 programme that looks at cities’ infrastructures through the eyes of a young child.Read more
Small in size but potentially of huge importance – that’s the AirBeam Swap, a revolutionary new tool that collects data and raises awareness of air quality and its importance for babies, toddlers and their caregivers.
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City mayors from around the world are going back to the (virtual) classroom to learn how to make their communities as child-friendly as they can be.Read more
Urban95, the child-inspired design project of the Bernard van Leer Foundation, has joined forces with the the non-profit United Way’s Latin America branch, to share leadership knowledge of making cities there more child-friendly.Read more
The Bernard van Leer Foundation has opened three new playspaces that are incorporated within child and family-focused refugee shelters in the Brazilian city of Boa Vista.Read more
Watch out for a big grey bubble at COP26 in Glasgow in the coming days. The grey inflatable, which represents air pollution, has been touring cities in Brazil to raise awareness of the importance of reducing emissions...Read more
How can cities be ‘reimagined’ for the needs of children? That’s the aim of the Urban95 Academy, a new municipal leadership programme from LSE Cities and the Bernard van Leer Foundation.Read more
Lima, the capital of Peru, has worked with the Bernard van Leer Foundation to transform 12 run-down spaces into attractive, child-friendly spaces for places for caregivers to spend with their youngsters.Read more
The experiences of children in the Brazilian city of Recife could teach other municipalities some vital lessons about the relationship between urban mobility and childhood development.Read more
The Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, will become the next city to reap the benefits of the Bernard van Leer Foundation’s expertise through the establishment of a new early years initiative.Read more
The power of Virtual Reality is being highlighted by children’s campaigners as a way to help people see cities from a toddler’s height – and show how urban design ideas can truly benefit vulnerable children.
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Agartala, Bengaluru and Coimbatore are among a group of Indian cities selected for the Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge cohort, a three-year initiative aimed at supporting early childhood-friendly neighbourhoods under the government’s Smart Cities Mission.Read more
Psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott once said: “There is no such thing as a baby… There is a baby and someone.” What he meant was that babies do not exist in isolation. The ‘someone’ he mentioned is...Read more
