Exhibiting the BRAC Play Lab Model at the
Dhaka Lit Fest 2023
At the 2023 Dhaka Lit Fest (DLF), children enjoyed a joyful day playing and enjoying a variety of creative activities, while parents engaged in discussions on their children’s academic development and parental well-being. BRAC IED has showcased its work in Early Childhood Development, Teaching and Learning, Mental Health and well-being, and aiding disadvantaged populations through […]
Hope for Life
BRAC Hope Festival 2023
The three-day “Hope Festival,” which was a component of BRAC’s 50-year march, got underway on February 9th at the Army Stadium in Dhaka. The three-day event was planned around the themes “The World We Want to Build,” “Possibilities of Possibilities,” and “Bangladesh in the Heart.” The event was intended for kids. However, audiences of all ages, […]
Build a World of Play Event
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Celebrating BRAC Play Labs.
“Build a World of Play”
The LEGO Foundation started the #BuildaWorldofPlay campaign to celebrate its 90th anniversary of creation. In celebration of its 50th anniversary, BRAC joined the campaign as a partner with a focus on the local context. The nationwide “Build a World of Play” celebration began with approximately 100 Material Development Workshops held in community-based touch locations such […]
BRAC Play Lab: A Creative Space for Children’s Development
BRAC IED’s Play Lab stall at the Hope Festival provided a lively and creative space for children to express themselves, interact with others, and develop essential skills. “I’ve created a human giraffe, and I’ll call it ‘gira-man’,” says a child while describing their imaginative creation. The Play Lab is an initiative of the BRAC Institute […]
BRAC IED and LEGO Foundation celebrated BRAC Play Labs with the Build a World of Play campaign
On BRAC Play Lab – a low-cost model – that is spread across low-resource settings in urban Dhaka, and some parts of rural Bangladesh, we collaborate with communities to explore community wisdom and identify play practices, which we add to our play spaces and curriculum. We do not focus on the children alone; we bring […]
The Art Of Storytelling
A child learns by interacting with other people and reading to your child from an early age is a good practice to work on these interactions. Unfortunately, a common misconception among caregivers is that a child’s literacy skills start developing after the age of 6, but during this time children learn at a much faster […]
শিশুর অভিভাবকত্ব: একাল-সেকাল
বাস্তবিক অর্থে, মায়ের পাশাপাশি বাবাও যখন শিশুর বেড়ে ওঠায় সমানভাবে অংশগ্রহণ করেন, শিশুর উপর সেটা ইতিবাচক প্রভাব ফেলে। আমেরিকান অ্যাকাডেমি অব পিডিয়াট্রিকস প্রকাশিত এক গবেষণা প্রতিবেদনে বেরিয়ে এসেছে যে শিশুর সার্বিক সুস্থতা, বৃদ্ধি ও বিকাশে বাবার নিয়মিত সঙ্গদানের ব্যাপক প্রভাব রয়েছে। শিশু লালনপালনে বাবারা ‘অতিরিক্ত’ কেউ নন। মায়েরা যা যা দায়িত্ব পালন করেন, বাবাদেরও সেই […]
[Webinar] INEE Publication Launch: Mind the Gap and Closing the Gap – the State of Girls’ Education in Crisis Contexts
Organized by Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)
5 takeaways from supporting refugee parents to help children learn and thrive during COVID-19
Sesame Muppet Tuktuki visits a family in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar as part of the Play to Learn humanitarian program in Bangladesh.
