|
HHI Wins International Research Award
The Asia Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood (ARNEC) has identified Hands to Hearts International as one of four sites to document innovative and noteworthy practices in early childhood development. HHI was chosen out of 24 applications from throughout the Asia-Pacific region and is the only program identified in all of India for this priviledge.
ARNEC is a professional network designed to share knowledge of effective policies and practices related to early childhood for the benefit of all countries in the region. It is funded by UNICEF, UNESCO and Plan International among other other very esteemed agencies.
A panel of experts composed of ARNEC Steering Committee members, ARNEC Secretariat, and external Advisors took into consideration the following when evaluating HHI's application: the programme’s focus and approach; how noteworthy it was, particularly focusing on whether it was inclusive, innovative and inspirational; and how well the programme was disseminated in the region. (see HHI featured on ARNEC website)
The documentation of noteworthy practices is ARNEC’s initiative to expand the knowledge base on innovative practice in early childhood in the Asia-Pacific region by highlighting promising and noteworthy practices that best support early child development, but are not yet widely known and can serve as an inspiration to others.
The ARNEC researcher assigned to HHI is Miriam Thangaraj, she has a MBA from Xavier Labor Research Institute, a Master's of Education from Harvard University and is a PhD candidate in International and Comparative Education at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, USA. Field research has already begun at two of HHI's program sites in India. Stay tuned for ARNEC's reported findings, the programmes’ documentation report will be made available later this year.
|
