Who we are

Pakistan Alliance for Early Childhood (PAFEC) is a National Alliance of Early Childhood Development (ECD) stakeholders in Pakistan. It is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) under section 42 of the Companies Act, 2017. This strategic Alliance intends to serve as an open platform to promote holistic and inclusive ECD approaches and practices in the country through research and learning, experience sharing, policy advocacy, networking, awareness raising, and professional development.

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What we do

Transforming the society through Early Childhood Development

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Knowledge Sharing

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Policy Advocacy

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Sector Development

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Professional Development

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Training Masters Trainers

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Parental Education

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Membership Drive

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Creation of Provincial Chapters

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Key Partnerships

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Key Highlights

Policy Brief: Maternal Mental Health and its Impact on Early Childhood Development (ECD)
20Aug

Policy Brief: Maternal Mental Health and its Impact on Early Childhood Development (ECD)

Shelina Bhamani1*, Khadija Khan2*, Shaista Siddiqui3, Misbah Shams1, Tehreem Fatima2 1 ECD PREP Lead, Program

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Early Detection, Lifelong Protection: Navigating Child Health from Pregnancy to Parenthood
29May

Early Detection, Lifelong Protection: Navigating Child Health from Pregnancy to Parenthood

Join us for this important episode on early danger signs in children, starting from pregnancy.

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Maternal Depression, its Impact on Early Childhood Development: Understanding the Silent Suffering
20May

Maternal Depression, its Impact on Early Childhood Development: Understanding the Silent Suffering

In todayโ€™s Podcast we have ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐€๐›๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐–๐š๐ก๐š๐› ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ณ๐š๐ข who is a Clinical Psychiatrist, joined

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๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: ๐„๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ
20May

๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: ๐„๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ

In this episode of Early Childhood Development (ECD), ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐ˆ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐š๐ช ๐Š๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ช ๐Š๐ก๐š๐ง, Global Technical Lead

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๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž: ๐€ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง’๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
20May

๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž: ๐€ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง’๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

In this episode, we address the severe impacts of nutrition deficiencies on children in areas

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๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐’๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: ๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ
17Apr

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐’๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: ๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ

Excited to share the latest episode of our podcast series on “๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ

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Nourishing Generations: The Vital Link Between Nutrition and Long-Term Health
13Mar

Nourishing Generations: The Vital Link Between Nutrition and Long-Term Health

Dr. Nousheen, clinical nutritionist and public health expert, delves deep into the crucial role nutrition

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Foundational Learning and Early Childhood Development
12Mar

Foundational Learning and Early Childhood Development

๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  (๐…๐‹) refers to basic literacy, numeracy and socio-emotional skills which provide the fundamental

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Nourish Today for a Healthier and Thriving Tomorrow- Uncovered the profound impact of mother and child’s nutrition on the formative years of a child
28Dec

Nourish Today for a Healthier and Thriving Tomorrow- Uncovered the profound impact of mother and child’s nutrition on the formative years of a child

PAFEC initiated a podcast series in 2023 with the title, โ€˜Transforming the Society through Early

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ECD Working Group Meeting organised by the Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives(MoPDSI) and UNICEF Pakistan
5Dec

ECD Working Group Meeting organised by the Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives(MoPDSI) and UNICEF Pakistan

Scaling Up Nutrition SUN Movement Pakistan, Nutrition Section, Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives(MoPDSI)

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ECD Workforce Development

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Conferences

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Capacity Building of Parents, Caregivers & Educators

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Training of Master Trainers

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Parenting Sessions

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Frontline Workers

Testimonials

โ€œI am working in an organisation which is working for the Human Development and especially for women empowerment. Most of the women are mothers. This training is so useful to share the knowledge gained to the mothers that what is the importance of early years"

Tufail Ahmed Khan
Tufail Ahmed Khan
NCHD

โ€œThis whole ECD training and courses can be applied from early childhood to high school level. The activities introduced in the sessions motivated us to learn and understand critical concepts with full clarityโ€

Ayesha Khan
Ayesha Khan
Federal College of Education

โ€œBeing a humanitarian practitioner heading the same nature of project in 72 schools. This training will help me in the project implementation and achieving the desired resultsโ€

Syed Irfan Shah
Syed Irfan Shah
Rural Development Society

Country Profile

Punjab

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Punjab

ECD/ECCE Landscape in Punjab

  • 1st 1,000 days as a strategic window for the improvement of mother and child health is part of Punjabโ€™s Integrated Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and Nutrition programme.
  • Provincial newborn survival strategy is developed and implemented
  • Developed ECCE Policy in 2017 focusing on childrenโ€™s holistic development from ages 3 -5
  • ECD/ECCE Workforce is being developed and infrastructure is improved following the policy
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Sindh

Sindh

ECD/ECCE Landscape in Sindh

  • Developed ECCE Policy in 2015, ECCE Standards in 2017 and ECCE Curriculum in 2018
  • ECCE teachers recruited and trained Around 4000 ECCE Classrooms are furnished
  • Provincial health sector strategy and IYCF policy is in place with a focus on mothers and children nutrition
  • Provincial newborn survival strategy is developed and implemented
  • Provincial Institute of Teacher Education is responsible for training ECE teachers
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

ECD/ECCE Landscape in Khyber Paktunkhwa

  • Provincial health sector strategy and IYCF policy is developed and implemented with a focus on mother and child health
  • Multi sectoral nutrition policies and strategies include children up to 5 years of age
  • ECE Policy is developed and implemented partially which focuses on age 3 โ€“ 5
  • ECE classrooms are established with UNICEF support
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Balochistan

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Balochistan

ECD/ECCE Landscape in Baluchistan

  • Developed provincial health sector strategy, newborn survival strategy with costed action plan, and IYCF strategy highlighting nutrition for mothers and children
  • Policies and strategies include children up to five years of age
  • ECE Strategy developed in 2015 and implemented in some schools
  • Provincial Institute of Teacher Education Secondary Education Department is responsible for training of Master Trainers and CPD of ECE teachers
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Azad Jammu Kashmir

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Azad Jammu Kashmir

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Gilgit-Baltistan

Gilgit-Baltistan

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