Date: 11-03-2024

Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation highlights significant impacts of psychological first aid training

The impact of ISSA Member Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation’s work underscores the significance of integrating PFA into humanitarian efforts.

Learning with Children



The publication was created by Group for Children and Youth "Indigo", in cooperation with “Sreten Mladenovic Mika” Primary School and the Faculty of Philosophy, Nis University.

Foundational training on psychological first aid and trauma-informed practices with young children and their caregivers - Training Guide



The Foundational training on psychological first aid (PFA) and trauma-Informed practices for young children and their caregivers fills a critical knowledge and skills gap in the early childhood workforce capacity, which surfaced due to the current humanitarian crisis created by the war i

Date: 09-08-2022

Non-formal education for refugee children in Moldova

The Step by Step Educational Program in Moldova is working to extend access for Ukrainian refugee children and families to non-formal education programs, as well as training teachers to respond to the crisis. 

TOY to Share, Play to Care: Impact Evaluation and Policy Recommendations Executive Summary



TOY to Share, Play to Care is a two-year project (January 2019 – January 2021) that builds on previous work undertaken by International Child Development Initiatives (ICDI), a Netherlands-based non-governmental organization.

‘Walk the Talk’ in Times of Crisis. Noteworthy Practices from the Early Childhood Field



The COVID-19 pandemic and its mitigation measures have created an extra burden for grass-roots organizations and the communities they serve. Although ensuring sustainability of their programmatic work and finding innovative ways to meet the diverse needs of the families and children, especially of those living in vulnerable and adverse contexts, have always been at the core of their everyday work, the shock caused by COVID-19 is unprecedented in terms of speed, scope, and intensity.

Distribution of emergency educational kits for children in remote locations, enrolled in our alternative access to quality early education services, which were interrupted due to the pandemic



The Trust for Social Achievement Foundation – Bulgaria has been engaged since the onset of the pandemic in Bulgaria in searching for appropriate mechanisms to support the learning process for disadvantaged children, particularly those who face challenges to participate in the online distance learning, as well as those in remote or underserved locations for whom early learning and care programs were interrupted.

We have partnered with several business and with our network of partners from the local communities to provide equipment (laptops, PCs) for children in need. 

Date: 18-09-2020

Playing at Home is also Learning

Parents in Flanders, Belgium, tell through pictures what their children learn at home by playing. Two months without school and preschool. Two months without learning? Not at all, because playing is learning.

Date: 27-11-2019

ICDI’s new edited book: Intergenerational Learning for ECEC practitioners

ICDI recently launched the book Intergenerational Learning in Practice, which leverages ICDI’s successful IGL initiative Together Old and Young (TOY).

Date: 03-06-2019

TOY for Inclusion training inspires coordinators of new Play Hubs

Eight candidates to be Play Hubs coordinator attended a three-day training in Croatia. “I felt understood; people accepted me as I am,” said trainee Tatiana Pastorekova.