ABSTRACT
The hope is that learning from what has worked well and what has not in a variety of contexts can inform and improve future efforts by implementing agencies, researchers, governments, and donors to support young children in crisis situations and beyond. Donors should therefore allow their implementing partners flexibility so they can adjust their programming and research goals quickly as needed to meet evolving needs of children and families. Important elements that have emerged from lessons in this book include guidelines and standards for ECD service providers and supervisors, support for caregivers of young children, and coordination mechanisms to ensure alignment of crisis-response programming with early childhood curricula and standards. As advocates with humanitarian organizations and funders, implementing agencies can also gather and share information on the needs of young children and families in crisis contexts as well as promising program elements in donor appeals and proposals.
