Parenting for Lifelong Health Receives Exciting New Funding to Support Parenting Work
GPI’s main scale-up and delivery partner, Parenting for Lifelong Health (PLH) has recently received several grants to support its mission of providing evidence-based parenting programs and resources for families across the globe. The funding will help contribute towards GPI’s goal of free parenting support for every parent everywhere.
Firstly, The Playful Parenting for All grant has been awarded by The LEGO Foundation. The grant will support PLH over the next two years as they establish themselves as a charitable organisation; design, evaluate, implement and scale the PLH suite of parenting solutions; and develop their partnerships regionally and globally.
PLH has also received funding from The Human Safety Net at Generali to pursue their Naungan Kisih at Scale Project in Malaysia. The funding will go towards leading a consortium of institutional partners who will aid the scaling of in-person, remote, and digital parenting programmes which aim to improve child learning and development while preventing violence for thousands of Malaysian families. Capitalising on the generosity of additional funding from UNICEF, PLH is also taking the Naungan Kasih Parenting Module and adapting it to suit Rohingya refugee families in Malaysia. This evidence-based programme will incorporate sections of the new UNICEF Global Gender-Transformative Parenting Programming Resource Pack, and aims to reduce the risk of physical, psychological, and sexual violence against children and to increase positive parenting within vulnerable families.
In addition to providing support in post-crisis settings, such as with the Rohingya Refugees, PLH has also established its Parenting for Children in Crisis initiative. Studies show that playful parenting and child protection are severely affected by humanitarian emergencies and crisis situations. The Parenting for Children in Crisis initiative uses new delivery methods which utilise remote, digital and hybrid parenting resources which offer new possibilities for supporting families and children during immediate crisis contexts. Funding for this initiative has been awarded by Oxford University, in collaboration with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and GCRF and Newton Fund Consolidation Account (GNCA).
Lastly, PLH has received core bridging funding from the Tides Foundation, which will support the organisation over the next few months.
The GPI and PLH would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the funders who make our work possible.
Read more about the LEGO Foundation, The Human Safety Net, UNICEF and all of our funders and partners here.
