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France: Baby Créatifs workshops to awaken toddlers and support parents
The Chemins d'Enfances program is launching Baby Créatifs workshops in Paris this autumn. They are specially designed for children aged 6 months to 3 years, to give single mothers with complex migratory histories time to train and prepare for professional integration.
They made the association: Robert Holland, project manager then area manager in the 90s
It all started in the late 80s when I was volunteering in a Vietnamese refugee camp in the Philippines with my partner Angèle. We then met a couple who were working for Enfants & Développement (the association's former name) on a...
Sharing our early childhood expertise with Enfants du Mékong for more crèches in Cambodia
In June 2024, Enfants du Mékong inaugurated a crèche for vulnerable families at its activity center in Phnom Penh. The NGO had approached Planète Enfants & Développement to provide its expertise in the deployment of crèches and to provide a...
Burkina Faso: Study highlights gender stereotypes in nursery schools
As in many countries around the world, gender inequality in Burkina Faso is rooted in and fueled by stereotypes that are passed down from generation to generation. These gender stereotypes are present in many aspects of life...
Ouest France speaks about us: "Cambodia gets its first public crèches".
"My parents live over 100 kilometers away. Without this crèche, I'd only see my daughter a few days a month," explains the mother, whose round belly indicates that Amara will soon be a big sister. A Ouest France correspondent in Cambodia came to...
A La Vie report: "The little damned of Poipet".
Pascale Tournier, journalist for La Vie, came to meet our team and our local partner in Cambodia at the end of June. In a 6-page dossier published on newsstands on July 25, she describes in detail the oppressive atmosphere in Poipet, a...
They made the association: Nelly Mikec, volunteer since 2000
My name is Nelly and I joined Enfants & Développement as a volunteer in the early 2000s, at the end of my career. I worked as a secretary for what used to be called a solicitor, before the profession was restructured and its...
6 women mentors changing lives in Burkina Faso
Before they received their first childminder diploma in 2020 or 2021, they would never have imagined themselves in this role: today, they not only run their own mini-crèche, they also support the fledgling network...
What do Children's Clubs do for families in difficulty in Vietnam?
At the beginning of June, our Early Childhood project manager in Vietnam organized two focus groups to measure the satisfaction of families participating in the Children's Clubs in social centers and kindergartens in Ho Chi Minh City. What do these...
Turn your life insurance into concrete projects for your children's future
Life insurance is often seen as an investment tool. But did you know that it is also an easy way to leave a beautiful legacy behind, outside the estate, through an association? What is life insurance?...
Chemins d'Enfances joins Planète Enfants & Développement
Following the respective General Meetings of Chemins d'Enfances and Planète Enfants & Développement on June 26, 2024, we are delighted to announce the merger of our two associations. The Chemins d'Enfances association...
They made the association: Rabina, supported in 2011 in Nepal
Now a laboratory technician in Kathmandu, Rabina talks to us about her journey since meeting the association 13 years ago in Nepal. An alcoholic and violent father, a couple breaking up, Rabina still doesn't know - at the age of 24 - where to...
HaLi evaluation: what benefits for poorly housed families in Cambodia?
The 2nd phase of our project to improve living conditions in the slums of Phnom Penh in Cambodia comes to an end in June 2024. An opportunity to review the results and impacts of the past 3 years. Extracts from...
Parenthood month in Nepal celebrated in June
On June 12 and 13, our team in Nepal celebrated Parenthood Month in 2 kindergartens we support in Gorkha. Marine, on civic service with Planète Enfants & Développement, tells us about these 2 days. We had set ourselves the goal of...
Play in learning: a fundamental role
International Play Day, this June 11, 2024, is an excellent opportunity to recall the role of play in the development of young children. Interview with Nolwenn Deschard, Early Childhood expert at Planète Enfants & Développement.What are the...
They made the association: Balaram, a young Nepalese accompanied in 2010
Balaram is now 22 years old. His father died when he was 7. His mother remarried, leaving 3 children behind. Balaram went to live with his grandparents and siblings. They had to work hard in the fields and look after...
Volunteers in India: 4 students talk about their mission
Elodie, Floriane, Héloïse and Perrine are finishing their studies at Compiègne University of Technology. They have just spent 1 month in India, where they took part in the renovation of an elementary school and two community education centers supported by our...
Video: Collective savings groups in action in Cambodia
Discover collective savings groups to combat household over-indebtedness and avoid the pitfalls of unscrupulous lenders in Phnom Penh's precarious neighborhoods.
Kirirom partnership: our early childhood expertise at the service of a company in Cambodia
Kirirom Food Production, a fruit processing plant in Cambodia (particularly mangoes), called on Planète Enfants & Développement to help develop its company crèche. Our team is currently...
Raising awareness in nursery schools in Gorkha, Nepal
On May 9, some twenty educators and parents took part in the first planning meeting for nursery schools in Gorkha, Nepal. Each of the 48 nursery schools supported in the municipality of Sahid Lakhan will accommodate 4...
Assessment of a 1-year health and education project in Pabré, Burkina Faso
Just over a year ago, we reported on the launch of a new project in Pabré, a commune of around 40,000 inhabitants in Burkina Faso, some twenty kilometers from the capital. The project, supported by the Orange Foundation, has just...
They made the association: Philippe Guichandut, Area Manager in 1991, tells his story...
I joined Enfants & Développement (that was the name of the association at the time) as Sector Manager in 1991. I worked on program design in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos, and opened a program in India and Madagascar. I...
Preschool in India: Arpita, teacher in an Anganwadi center
Arpita is a teacher at an Anganwadi center in the villages of India, which serves as a nursery school for children aged 3 to 6. She works in 2 of the 170 centers in the Birbhum district (West Bengal) that our partner...
Training social workers and preventing child exploitation (Pegase)
Last March, we trained the social workers of our partner Damnok Toek in family accompaniment, our methodology for the social follow-up of families in difficulty in Cambodia.As part of our Pegase project, which aims to protect children from...
1984 - 2024: 40 years of commitment to children
Did you know that this April 26, we're celebrating the 40th anniversary of Planète Enfants & Développement? Founded in 1984 by Mme Danièle Cheysson under the name "SOS Enfants du Cambodge" and specialized in pediatric health and nutrition, the association has gradually expanded its...
Supporting parenthood in Nepal: "you have to start by changing yourself".
With almost 750 parenting support sessions offered to 500 parents of young Nepalese children over the past year in the Dhading district, we are preparing to carry out the final study in May, which will measure the effects produced by the support...
Crèches in villages: an event to take things further
The first objectives have been achieved: 13 crèches have been set up in Cambodian villages over the last 3 years, and have already welcomed 338 children. So it's with a healthy dose of adrenalin and emotion that we're organizing the project's closing workshop this...
Portrait of the month: Thuy Phan Doan, early childhood trainer
This month, let's meet Thuy Phan Doan, early childhood trainer in Vietnam. Thuy, would you like to tell us a little about yourself? We'd love to! My name is Thuy, I'm 37 years old and I'm from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, where I started my career in the...
Collective play in kindergarten: how about rugby?
Interested in its educational approach to sport, our team in Burkina Faso approached the Terres en Mêlées association. The result is a wonderful project for children from 2 nursery schools in Pabré and Polesgo, north of Ouagadougou, based around a...
Inheritance reserve: is it possible to share an inheritance between your children and an association?
More and more of us are mobilizing our lives for a cause or for values we hold dear. Volunteer work, donations, strong convictions... the choices are varied! But when it comes to thinking about the impact we're going to...
