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When Early Diagnosis Saves Lives
Thanks to an initiative of the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic, supported by UNICEF, families in Suzak have gained the opportunity to identify developmental and health issues in their children on time. This reduces the risk of disability and gives every child the chance to reach their full potential. Tod...
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Libraries Are Transforming into Hubs for Early Childhood Development
Three-year-old Altynai giggles and runs around as she arrives with her parents at a place that was once just a library. Today, it’s much more. Altynai is one of 26 children attending a new child development center in her village of Stavropolovka, Chuy Region. Housed in the local library, the center opened in late ...
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Early childhood development
The challenge, Lack of access to early learning is another serious issue affecting the well-being of children in Kyrgyzstan. Limited access to high-quality early learning can impede children’s cognitive development and school readiness and affect learning outcomes in the future. According to the latest Multiple In...
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Government and UNICEF celebrates the fifth anniversary of the creation of Child Development Centres based on public libraries
BISHKEK, 30 May 2023, - Ahead of International Children's Day on June 1 st , the Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy, the Ministry of Education and Science, and UNICEF conducted the Republican Forum on Early Childhood Development with the participation of 300 librarians and pre-school workers...
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The New Bebbo App
Download FREE App now!, Our new free Bebbo application for parents is the only tool parents need to give their children ‘A good start for a lifetime’. Supporting them and guiding them all the way through their child’s development years, from 0 to 6 years old. The Bebbo app helps you with answers to all your questi...
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Ministry of Education and Science and UNICEF launch digital innovations to support early learning and child development in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, ,, 23 November 2021, – Today, the Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic, Ms. Nadira Djusupbekova, and UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, Ms. Afshan Khan, unveiled two new digital initiatives that will support parents and teachers across the country in ensuring ...
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The Caravan of Children´s Games
BISHKEK, July 6, 2019 - A caravan of children's games arrived in the capital, Bishkek, for the official closing of games. Having started his journey on June 6, Caravan traveled to all seven regions of the country, having played with more than 8,000 children in Ak-Talaa, Ala-Buka, Sary-Chelek, Alayka, Suzak, Bakai ...
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Batken is the oblast with the highest percentage of children enrolled in pre-school education, according to the last published data
Bishkek, 12 April 2019.- The Batken Oblast is hosting a regional conference on “Promoting the importance of early childhood development and pre-school education for all children” on 12-13 April, under the auspices of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Government of Kyrgyzstan in the Batken region, in partne...
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Guests of III World Nomad Games playing traditional children’s games at Kyrchyn
4 September 2018, Kyrchyn, Kyrgyzstan –, The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) engages children and parents to play traditional children’s games of nomads at Kyrchyn ethnovillage (Issyk-Kul). Aimed at promoting children’s cognitive, physical and emotional development through playing, UNICEF experts selected ...
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Children's Games of Nomads
Children's Games Caravan, This year Kyrgyzstan hosts III World Nomad Games. To raise awareness on the importance of children's development and good parenting, UNICEF partnered with the secretariat of III World Nomad Games by organizing a Caravan of children's nomad games in every province of the country in June as...
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Early education towards tolerance and peacebuilding
From 22 nd to 25 th of August, teacher training under the "Peacebuilding in ECD Project – 2 nd phase" was held in Batken (Hostel Baikut). This project, funded by UK’s CSSF (Conflict, Stability, and Security Fund), aims to increase the children’s tolerance towards different ethnicities and gender in Kyrgyzstan, w...
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Over 5,000 children and their parents participated in Caravan of Children's Games
Bishkek, 27 June 2018 –, Over 5,000 children, parents and caregivers in each oblast in the Kyrgyz Republic took part in Caravan of Children's Games, which was organized by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the State Agency for Youth, Physical Culture and Sports under the Government of the Kyrgyz Repub...