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Securing children’s


              care and wellbeing


















              Strengthening Early                                 Child safety initiatives
              Childhood Care and                                  The wellbeing of children is ‘Reliance Foundation’s

              Education (ECCE) in India                           utmost priority, and to this end, it continues to support
                                                                  Arpan, a child safety NGO. Arpan’s Personal Safety
                                                                  Education programme has reached more than 1,600
              Reliance Foundation is committed to supporting the   children and adults, training them to be alert to child
              enhancement of Early Childhood Care and Education   sexual abuse. 1,950 Zilla Parishad teachers from
              (ECCE) in India, recognising the importance of early   Classes 1-8 also participated in these training sessions
              years in brain development and laying the foundation   and over 18,000 people have accessed digital child
              for a child’s lifelong learning. Aligned with the vision of   safety education materials from the programme.
              the National Education Policy 2020, which emphasises
              play-based learning at the Foundational Stage
              (3-8 years) and working together with communities,
              educators and experts, Reliance Foundation aims to
              build evidence-based innovative models for varying
              contexts across states, thus improving early
              childhood development outcomes for millions of
              pre-school children, especially those from
              marginalised communities.
              In 2021-22, 26 Anganwadi centres in Silvassa,
              Gujarat, have been upgraded through these efforts,
              and 21 of them have been supported with improved
              amenities inside and outside along with Reliance
              Nutrition Gardens, Reliance Foundation is helping
              promote a replicable, scalable model for early
              childhood development across India, in support of the
              government’s initiatives in this area.

































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