"Deprivation during these early years results in life long deficiencies and disadvantages. By contrast, adequate care, stimulation, and nutrition in early childhood can lead to positive physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive outcomes measurable well into adulthood. It has been widely recognized that meeting the needs of these very young children necessitates integrated interventions that move beyond the traditionally isolated realms of health and education to also encompass child rights, economic empowerment of families, and improved community capacities."

-From "Promoting Early Childhood Development for OVC in Resource Constrained Settings: The 5x5 Model"

Technical Services

A CARE International report referencing the world's current HIV disaster recognized that there is a "significant gap in programming attention for children under the age of eight and their caregivers". The international development community is just beginning to recognize that the lack of programming attention for the development of newborns and young children is a part of the problem fueling rampant disease, severe malnutrition, conflicted communities, poor education, and poverty. HHI's program fills this gap with a curriculum that is specifically designed to reach children at the earliest, most important developmental time, before the age of five years old. HHI recognizes early childhood development as the foundation for individual, family, and community wellness, and a key to a society's ability to compete in a global market.

HHI offers technical services through consultancies and
partnerships to address early childhood development through
local interventions. HHI's technical service options to its partners include:

* Practical and applied training for primary or secondary care-givers in early childhood development;
* Early childhood development care program design in community, foster care and institutional care settings;
* Consultation and support to create effective foster care programming;
* Quality certification training and accreditation; and,
* Assistance with performance monitoring and evaluation.

HHI is seeking partnerships with local and international, public and private organizations interested in:

HHI has conducted programs and provided technical services to local partners in Russia and India, and plans for expansion to improve the lives of countless orphaned and vulnerable children worldwide. HHI is currently carrying out a joint project with India's Integrated Child Development Services, training their Anganwadi Teachers in Kerala and Orissa. HHI has local trainers in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Orissa. HHI now offers its training services to NGO's and Government organizations of any size, worldwide.

HHI Program Evaluation

Best Practices in ECD: A Review of the Literature for the Work of HHI

Learn more by reading the Table of Contents for our Curriculum on Early Childhood Development and see a Sample of our Curriculum on Early Childhood Development.