The LEGO Foundation Announces Recipients of US$117 Million Global Challenge
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BILLUND, Denmark, Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
The LEGO Foundation has announced five recipients of its Build a World of Play
Challenge to fund impactful solutions focused on early childhood. A total of
DKK 900 million (approximately US$ 117 Million) is being awarded to support
organisations that make substantial contributions to the lives of children from
birth to six years old and spark a global movement to prioritise early
childhood development.
Three grants of DKK 200 million (or approx. US$ 28 million) each and two grants
for DKK 100 million (or approx. US$ 14 million) each were presented to the
awardees. The grants will help in furthering their projects which promote the
well-being of children, their caregivers, and their communities, using
culturally relevant and sustainable approaches.
The five awardee projects:
- Akili Family: Localised Play-Based Learning for African Families &
Communities [
https://www.leverforchange.org/challenges/explore-challenges/build-a-world-of-play/akili-family/
] (DKK 200 million or approx. US$ 28 million): Ubongo International will scale
Akili Family, educational entertainment multi-channel programmes that air in
several African languages, to support at-home learning for children and their
caregivers.
- GogoPlay: Ecosystems of Play for Children in Rural South Africa [
https://www.leverforchange.org/challenges/explore-challenges/build-a-world-of-play/gogoplay/
] (DKK 200 million or approx. US$ 28 million): IRD Global will build ecosystems
for early childhood development in rural South Africa by upskilling women,
especially grandmothers, in play and well-being within villages and co-creating
centralised playhouses.
- Reclaiming Indigenous Children's Futures through Home-Visiting and
Intergenerational Playspaces [
] (DKK 200 million or approx. US$ 28 million): Johns Hopkins Center for
Indigenous Health and partners worldwide will scale culture-based home
education and intergenerational play spaces for Indigenous children and
families.
- Catalysing REAL Fathers across Uganda for Early Learning and Play [
] (DKK 100 million or approx. US$ 14 million): Impact and Innovations
Development Centre and partners will teach positive parenting and non-violent
discipline to reinforce positive fatherhood norms.
- Empowering Disabled Children to Play via Early Assistive Technology Access [
] (DKK 100 million or approx. US$ 14 million): Clinton Health Access Initiative
will empower disabled children to thrive, by supporting sustainable and
community-led government programmes that provide early screening and
life-changing assistive technology in eight countries.
Thomas Kirk Kristiansen, Chairman of the LEGO Foundation Board of Directors,
said: "As part of the LEGO brand's 90th anniversary, the LEGO Foundation made a
commitment to help build a better world for young children to thrive. The Build
a World of Play Challenge is designed to do just that, by funding innovative
projects that make a real difference for global childhood development and give
young children a better start in life. Congratulations to all the recipients,
who have all demonstrated game-changing solutions. We look forward to working
alongside them as long-term partners, to invest in children's futures."
The LEGO Foundation partnered with Lever for Change [
https://www.leverforchange.org/ ] a non-profit affiliate of the John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, to manage the Challenge process. The
Challenge received a total of 627 valid proposals from 86 countries, from which
ten finalists were selected. Applicants were evaluated by experts from across
the world based on four criteria: whether they were impactful, feasible,
community-centred, and sustainable.
More details can be found here [
https://learningthroughplay.com/build-a-world-of-play/the-challenge ].
The LEGO Foundation
The LEGO Foundation shares the mission of the LEGO Group: to inspire and
develop the builders of tomorrow. The Foundation, which owns 25% of the LEGO
Group, is dedicated to building a future in which learning through play
empowers children to become creative, engaged, lifelong learners. It is through
the ownership model, that a portion of profits go to funding research projects,
activities and partnerships. www.learningthroughplay.com
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SOURCE: The LEGO Foundation
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