https://www.unitedwaymumbai.org/ankur

Early childhood, defined as the period from birth to eight years, is a time of remarkable growth and development in a child's lifetime. Almost 90% of brain growth occurs by age 5. Helping kids grow well during this period is really crucial for their physical, emotional, cognitive, and social development.

United Way Mumbai's Project Ankur works with Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) to promote Early Childhood Care & Development (ECCD) and build school readiness among children in the age group of 3 to 6 years. This is done by working with Anganwadi centers and teaching caregivers and staff on how to support these kids.

Over the years project Ankur has strengthened over 204 Anganwadi centers through infrastructure refurbishment, providing teaching learning materials and built capacities of 200+ Anganwadi workers, 16,000+ parents and caregivers and 400+ ICDS staff across India.

It takes a village to raise a child and Project Ankur offers an opportunity for us to support holistic development of children from the early age of 3 years. I hope you will join me in helping Ankur help the kids. 

To know more about Project Ankur, please visit - United Way of Mumbai | Ankur (unitedwaymumbai.org)