Our local partner, GHESKIO officially marked the completion of the RHELP pilot program with a heartwarming and impactful closing ceremony!

This milestone is a testament to what can be achieved when innovation meets unwavering community dedication. Our partners at GHESKIO gathered to celebrate the educators, families, and young learners who made this journey possible.

Faced with ongoing political instability and severe disruptions to traditional schooling, this program successfully adapted a phone- and hybrid-based learning model to meet families exactly where they are. Over the course of the project, we didn’t just keep education going, we watched parents step into their power as primary learning guides, and we saw young children maintain critical developmental milestones despite prolonged crises.

In partnership with our incredible local partner in Haiti, GHESKIO, data collection has begun for the Haiti Remote and Hybrid Early Learning Program (RHELP).

Amid ongoing instability, economic crises, and severe service disruptions, young children in Haiti face massive barriers to consistent, high-quality early childhood education. When classrooms are inaccessible, we have to look for new ways to reach them.

Building on successful evidence-based models previously evaluated in the Middle East, RHELP is testing how remote and hybrid early learning models can be adapted to support children’s holistic development and school readiness during times of crisis.

Through this data collection phase, our goals are to:

• Test Feasibility: Understand how remote early learning support can be delivered effectively in hard-to-access settings.

• Measure Impact: Generate actionable evidence on children's learning outcomes and caregiver engagement.

• Inform the Future: Build a global evidence base for early childhood education in crisis-affected regions.

Florencia Lopez Boo presented at the 2025 Inter-American Development Bank Regional Policy Dialogue: "Childhood, Innovation, Impact: Transforming Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)" in Mexico City.

More than 100 participants, including authorities from 17 LAC countries, donors, civil society, and academics.
Wonderful speakers and panelists such as Susan Walker, Mariano Bosch Mossi, Marta Rubio-Codina, Carolina Freire, Romina Tome, Alexandre Bagolle, Claudia Vazquez, Jorge Gaete, Filipa de Castro, Eunice Deras, Andrés Moya, among many others.
Tremendous master lecture by James Cairns.
And a first-class closure of the "Child Development Innovation Fund."

Not only was it motivating to discuss the challenges of Latin America in the coming years, it was also nice to catch up with the Haiti and Argentina teams whom we are working on border agendas, and to see so many dear friends and colleagues. Congratulations to the Pablo Ibarraran team and the Inter-American Development Bank for this unique space for reflection.