Short audio messages accessible to all families on a simple feature phone. Offers tips and activities on how to best respond to a child’s needs and nudge learning forward.
We leverage the interactive power of WhatsApp with a bot that encourages families to engage in storytelling and conversations with children to advance oral language and thinking skills.
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Anganwadi workers act as trusted guides, introducing families to the Talk, Care, Play framework and modeling playful, responsive caregiving through everyday interactions and storytelling at the centre.
Anganwadi workers orient families towards the talk, care, play framework
Anganwadi workers use talk, care and play strategies and playful storytelling centers to demonstrate and equip families with these skills
Once a month, we meet mothers where they are. These group sessions reinforce key messages and track the progress that families and children are making
Dost facilitates sessions in which parents exchange perspectives and support each other so that all families learn and all children benefit from the extended network of care.
We have special interventions to engage fathers. Papa Ki Paathshaala (School for Papas) invites fathers to volunteer at storytelling sessions in their Aanganwadi centre. Papa aur Main (Papa and Me) is a photographic documentation of fathers engaged in Talk-Care-Play activities. It serves as a showcase and caregiving model for other parents, promoting gender-equitable caregiving. When both parents contribute to caregiving, children open up to learning different things from different people who love them.
