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Building healthier, fairer & more peaceful societies
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Transforming Lives and Societies
Our focus is on a child’s “critical years” from conception to age 3-5. During this “window of opportunity” the brain develops faster than any other time in life. These critical years are the foundations that shape a child’s future physical and mental health, with life-long impact not only for themselves, but also for communities and societies.
The CEPPs Mother and Child Manifesto proposes 7 principles, providing a policy framework for unified multi-sector partnerships between government, private sector and civil society organizations at city, regional and national levels. They aim to help mothers, families and caregivers provide the nurturing care every child needs to develop their full potential.
The 7 Principles are based on real-life initiatives operating today in a number of countries. They are having a transformative effect, breaking the persistent inter-generational cycles of poverty, adversity, disadvantage and violence seen in many areas of society today.
CEPPs is a multi-partner Global Initiative created in 2016 by a working group of organisations involved in the field of maternal perinatal health and early childhood development.
We invite you to join us. Help kick start the transformation in your city or community.
The CEPPs Founding Partners 1001 Critical Days, APPPAH, ISPPM
CEPPs is now a member of The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. The PMNCH Secretariat is hosted by the World Health Organization.
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CEPPs supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – with a special focus on SDGs 3, 4 & 5 which aim to improve the health, education and condition of women and girls.
We work bottom-up, city-by-city to accelerate the implementation of the UN Every Woman, Every Child Global Strategy (2016-2030).
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Upcoming Events
Begin Before Birth, Symposium 14 June 2018 in London
International speakers at this year’s symposium at Imperial College London will present the latest research covering the mental health of the mother during the perinatal period. The Symposium
03 February, 2018
Recent Articles
CEPPs SisterCities ECD Program Launch
The CEPPs SisterCities Program enables the sharing of experience and best practice between cities with multi-sector Early Childhood Development and Care (ECD) initiatives. On February 26, the City of
06 March, 2018
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Visit the CEPPs forums and speak with like-minded people about the latest issues relating to childhood and early parenting principles. Together, we can influence policy and make the world a better place. |
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The Mother & Child Manifesto
Supporting the CEPPs Manifesto will enable mothers and fathers to play a central role in creating future societies.
The evidence is now clear. Providing support and care for mothers and babies during early childhood is five times more effective than intervening later to solve problems in society…
The 7 CEP Principles
The CEPPs directly support UN Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4 & 5 to improve health, education and the condition of women and girls.
The CEPPs provide the framework for action, with a clear manifesto, a roadmap and toolkit for the progressive implementation…
The CEPPs Toolkit
The CEPPs Toolkit provides materials to help ‘Kick Start’ CEPPs Networks at city, regional or country level.
It contains presentations explaining the rationale for CEPPs, the scientific reference base for CEPPs, the Directory of Supporters, the CEPPs 10-Step Process, and links to useful resources…
Sharing Knowledge and Best Practice
Building Better Societies
During the early years of life, from conception to three, a child’s brain develops at an astounding pace. This is the crucial age when children form their first attachments and interpersonal relationships and develop their first concepts – optimistic or fearful – of the world in which they will live.
Science and psychology are helping us to understand how the love and nurture of caring adults is hard wired into the brains of children. Economic studies are showing us how the lack of nurtured development creates immense long-term costs to families, communities and governments.
Very Early Intervention is Critical!
“If we’re putting millions of dollars into Head Start which begins at three, four, or five years of age, and haven’t developed the appropriate brain to receive the education, it will be a waste of money. It is important to be sure that the brain has developed well in utero.
So when you start the formal education, you have the nerve cells and dendrites that can respond.”
Dr. Marian Diamond, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley
CEPPs Involves Action!
Help end preventable deaths of mothers and young children within a generation!
In the Every Newborn Action Plan coordinated by the WHO and UNICEF, it is reported that for the first time, the world has the knowledge and resources to end preventable deaths of mothers and newborns within a generation. Governments around the world have signed up, but now rely on bottom-up support from professionals and organizations in health, social and early childhood care.
‘I encourage professionals and organisations to join a local CEPPs Network, and together let us make this a reality in every country.’
Valerie Unite, Executive Director and co-founder of CEPPs
Supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals
CEPPs directly support SDGs 3, 4 & 5 which aim to improve health, education and the condition of women and girls.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to stimulate action over the next 15 years and beyond, in areas of critical importance for humanity and the planet.
CEPPs are directly linked to the achievement of a number of SDG targets, by providing a focus on early parenting and early childhood care and the physical, emotional and mental health of future generations.
