A child’s need for nurturing, comfort, learning, and security is met when a parent has the  knowledge required to help raise him or her. Raising a child is not an easy task for parents anywhere, especially in the developing world where such hardships as war, poverty, and disease put family life at great risk.

There is room for optimism however. An innovative, early childhood development program for parents, Learn Through Play (LTP), which was pioneered in Canada, has now been translated into 16 languages to serve the parenting needs of several developing countries such as Burkina Faso, Nicaragua, Paraguay and more.