Kenya - Daily Life - School Children

Early Childhood Development Center. Children play outside with the plastic bag balls. Balls are made from rolled up plastic bags tied together with string. Children sing the famous nursery rhyme "Ring-a-ring o'roses" as they circle around holding hands; they jump rope and play tag. They have a race jumping inside burlap bags. The Bernard van Leer Foundation works with partner organizations which take a community-based approach to supporting HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children. Their partners, often grass root organizations in developing countries, explore ways to build the capacity of neighbors and extended families to raise orphans and to support caregivers who cannot cope on their own. BvL also stresses the importance of psychosocial support in the development of young children. The centerpiece of their work is the Early Childhood Development Centers (ECD (Photo by Wendy Stone/Corbis via Getty Images)