1) Children with mental health problems.
a) Children with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda are also facing mental challenges. Families are being made aware of way to help children cope with the deadly viruses.
b) The need for children with mental health problems has become a major issue in Shanghai and China. The country is looking to the state/ local government to assist with the funds to help research, train and make the public aware of these issues in young children.
The treatment of mental health is also being researched as an effort to bring stability to young children facing these challenges.
2) Children in crises
Many measures are being taken to assess and manage the well-being of children who face such challenges across the world, “in an effort to foster interdisciplinary collaboration that incorporates science-based, developmental perspectives.” and to focus on immediate circumstances that threaten a child’s health and welfare in a community. The initial set of activities currently being developed is outlined below.
Download Global Children's Initiative Fact Sheet: Mission & Activities >>. http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/activities/global_initiative/global_children_s_initiative__activities/
3) Building Broader, More Diverse Leadership Capacity in Research and Policy
“The first dimension of this work focuses on building a sustainable infrastructure to support the productive engagement of Harvard students and faculty in a diversity of global settings. The second dimension focuses on developing opportunities to provide leadership training for individual researchers, policymakers, and institutions, primarily in the majority world.” (Anonymous Donor)
Major support for the Global Children’s Initiative has been provided by:
Harvard Global Health Institute
The Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Fund, an advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
An Anonymous Donor
