The Partnership for Child Development
Background
The Partnership for Child Development (PCD), formed in 1992, is an organisation committed to improving the education, health and nutrition of school-age children and youth in low income countries.
PCD’s Unique Position
School health and nutrition(SHN) programming necessitates working across the education and health sectors. The Partnership for Child Development (PCD) adopts a cross-sectoral approach to develop the most effective, scaled and sustainable programmatic solutions to improving the education, health, nutrition and overall wellbeing of school-age children in low and middle income countries.
The work of PCD is constantly evolving; where we continue to explore new and existing,evidence-based options to improve school-age children’s health, nutrition and education. PCD is recognized internationally for its focus on quality science in development. Our work has shown how simple health and nutrition interventions, implemented through schools, can improve not only children’s physical wellbeing, but also their education and life choices in the short- and long-term, as well as contribute to countries’ efforts to achieve Education for All (EFA) and their Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Academic excellence, technical expertise and high level networks: a unique partnership for child development.
PCD's Goal
To improve the educational achievement of children, especially girls, through national programmes that enhance the health, nutrition and psychosocial status of children in low and middle income countries.
PCD's Objectives
1. To strengthen the evidencebase: Promoting good practice of cross-sectoral SHN programmes.
2. To strengthen the capacity of the education sectors in low and middle income countries: Developing policies and plans for cross-sectoral programmes in SHN, early child development, HIV education and support for orphans and vulnerable children.
3. To improve, collect, share and disseminate knowledge: On cross-sectoral SHN programmes.
4. To strengthen global, regional, national and local partnerships: Facilitating consensus and supporting effective programme coordination and implementation.
PCD's Approach
Rapid and flexible: The combined resource of in-house experience and partner cooperation at all levels enables PCD to respond rapidly and provide considered and robust guidance and support anywhere in the world.
Experienced: PCD are among the world’s foremost authorities in SHN programming with expertise ranging from design, through implementation to evaluation.
Collaborative: PCD harmonizes the response of all sectors and stakeholders, drawing on the expertise and resources of each, to ensure the objectives of all, are met.
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