Gaps in Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) programs will hurt long-term labor productivity in the Philippines, according to a study conducted by government think tank Philippine Institute for ...

In 2015, 77.1 percent of Cambodia’s three to four year-year olds did not have access to Early Childhood Education, due to the lack of pre-school facilities. Under the Early Childhood Care and ...

There are three ladies in the government who could have broken the cycle of poverty in our country using a self-sustaining Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) program but chose not to. Seeing ...

The first 1,000 days have been proven to be crucial for a child’s earliest development. Caring for a child, however, does not ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Council, the Department of Education (DepED), and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) launched this February ...

The recent move to establish child development centers (CDCs) across 328 low-income local government units (LGUs) marks an important move in early childhood care and development (ECCD) programs in the ...

A PHILIPPINE Senator called on local government units to provide better Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) programs to combat malnutrition. “We need to mobilize our local government units in ...

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) worked with local government units (LGUs) to implement the Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) in 2023 as part of the government's Early ...

CEBU, Philippines - As parents, we are all for the wellbeing of our children. But do you know that the state is also mandated and has the obligation to ensure the welfare of all children? Recognizing ...

THE Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) law needs to be supported by more funding for programs that affect nutrition, the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) said. “These include ...