The report documents outcomes from the Special Session on Children. It contains 21 specific goals and targets for improving the well being of children the next decade, and four key priorities: promoting healthy lives; providing quality education for all; protecting children against abuse, exploitation and violence; and combating HIV/AIDS.

CARE designed the "5x5 model" to illustrate and integrate critical early childhood needs into a simplified holistic and replicable program, capable of delivering early childhood development interventions in resource constrained areas through community based childcare centers catering for the 2-8 year old age group. This document is part of the "Promising Practices" series.

This fact sheet provides a brief overview of how the Child Status Index (CSI) can be used by community health works to monitor the wellbeing of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). The CSI measures six broad areas of a child's wellbeing: food and nutrition; shelter and care; protecting health; psychosocial; protection; and education and skills. The CSI is designed so that measurement can be performed by people living in the same communities as the affected children, who are in the best position to monitor the health of those children on a regular basis.

On behalf of a group of multisectoral child-focused organizations, Save the Children organized a review and analytical discussion of indicators most commonly used to assess the impact of microfinance on children. This study was conducted by Sarah Gammage and Sharon Williams of Development and Training Services, Inc. (dTS); it was financed by the anonymous donors of Wellspring Advisors with additional support from CARE and World Vision.

This report summarizes the findings of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)-commissioned study, "Impacts on Children from Microfinance Initiatives. The results of the study showed that when family income improves, the priority areas of spending are generally those that benefit children. Education is the highest priority for spending, followed by health care. Housing and nutrition are other areas of spending that were identified by the study participants.

This report summarizes the findings of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)-commissioned study, "Impacts on Children from Microfinance Initiatives." The results of the study showed that when family income improves, the priority areas of spending are generally those that benefit children. Education is the highest priority for spending, followed by health care. Housing and nutrition are other areas of spending that were identified by the study participants.