Your community has mobilized to implement an activity-based project that promotes the development and well-being of children aged five and under living in poverty, and you wish to receive financial support and guidance from Avenir d'enfants to design, develop and implement concerted actions in this regard.

Your community-led project can be developed and implement with our financial and advisory support if it meets the following three criteria:

  1. It is made up of a core group of partners who have mobilized to help children aged five and under living in poverty. These partners must come from different areas of activity, including principally but not exclusively:

    • health and social service centres (CSSSs);
    • educational daycare services (early childhood centres or CPEs, coordinating offices, daycares);
    • schools;
    • community family organizations;
    • municipalities.

    Parental involvement is essential to mobilizing the entire community for child development and well-being. Their contribution can vary from one group to another, however, to take into account particularities such as linguistic diversity, geographic distance of parents, etc.

  2. It coordinates or is currently coordinating its actions with other local or regional groups working on issues related to child development and well-being, with the goal of favouring consistency and complementarity in actions

  3. Your project must:

    • support the overall development of children aged five and under living in poverty, to facilitate their transition to school and their subsequent education;
    • encourage the overall development of these children as early as possible and on all levels (physical, psychological, cognitive, language, social and affective);
    • support the parents from the onset of pregnancy, by giving them the tools most likely to contribute to this development.

If you think your projects matches these three criteria, write to us to learn more about the steps for obtaining Avenir d'enfants support and formulating your request before April 15th or October 15th..