5-5-2017

The SDG Philanthropy Platform Kenya invites you- entrepreneurs, non-profits, academics, networks, and civil society champions, to join forces with the UN in Kenya and the SDG Philanthropy Platform, to identify and text breakthrough approaches for accelerating Early Childhood Development (ECD) impacts.

The ECD Challenge will focus on four areas and invites innovators from across Kenya to submit proposals by May 9th to Arif Neky, at arif.neky@one.un.org and Karina Grosheva, at karina.grosheva@undp.org. Submit a proposal targeting one or more of the key focus areas:

Challenge #1: How can we support caregivers to receive and understand the latest science and knowledge on ECD including the importance of cognitive stimulation and healthy nutrition, and support them in providing these inputs to children during the critical development state?

Challenge #2: How can we identify and unblock information, culture, and behavioural constraints that prevent families and caregivers from ramping up access and uptake of critical services-including primary health and vaccination, nutrition, cognitive stimulation and early learning and child protection services?

Challenge #3: How can we design and test new innovative and scalable models for Early Childhood Delivery to reach the most vulnerable children in Kenya?

Challenge #4: How can we design and test demand driven business models through fostering private sector contribution and value chain investments towards integrated ECD services?

A Catalytic Fund will be distributed to support three or four competitively-selected innovative solutions, with grants of up to US40,0000.

More info: Flyer Kenya Innovation Challenge