Why Support the Kids' Happiness Action Initiative?

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Gadgets Winning Minds of Children Globally

In wealthier countries, on average, children tend to spend around six to seven hours per day with gadgets. Often times, children now learn how to use gadgets even before they could walk. Studies have shown that too much gadgets may negatively affect a child’s brain on its functioning, and may even cause attention deficit, cognitive delays, impaired learning, increased impulsivity, and decreased ability to self-regulation.


Related to the above is the problem that children who do not learn real interactions, with all their flaws and imperfections, will come to know better a virtual world where perfect, shiny screens give them a false perception of the real world.

Gaps In Kids' Social Skills Education In Developing Countries

In many of the developing countries, educational programs usually tend to adopt traditional Western models of education, with an emphasis on math, science, language, and social studies. While all these subjects are important to build an overall intellectual capacity of a child, they should be complemented by an opportunity to acquire a set of social skills and moral values.

Social skills and moral values are critically important to prepare children to succeed in their future lives, where they will have to interact with other people, make difficult life choices, and create opportunities for securing their livelihood and well-being. In addition, schooling should also provide children with the relevant knowledge to promote the physical health needed for economic stability and quality of life.

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Learning By Doing

The project employs the edutainment approach as the key medium in educating the target group, 4- to 8-year-old children, whereby the key lessons are to be learnt in conjunction with entertainment, and useful knowledge is acquired through action that follows the reading of the stories. It offers a mix of reading and performance activities around 25 exciting stories. The stories are designed with multi-cultural children’s audience in mind.
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Early Childhood Development And The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda

Children are the basis for all dimensions of sustainable development. Linking early childhood development and sustainable development is important because health, learning and behavior during children’s early years are foundational not only for school success, but also for their capacity to contribute meaningfully to society.  
While these considerations are important in shaping up the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda itself, it is equally important that the 4- to 8-year-olds have an opportunity to know the Sustainable Development Goals and to understand what constitutes sustainable behavior as a means to maximize their future contributions to sustainable development.
Developing Talent
Reading through the 25 stories as well as performance opportunities available with the Kids’ Happiness Action Initiative will help to crystalize and reflect new facets of each participating child’s personality.
Self-Confidence and Future Learning Success
Imagination and Creativity
Sense of Harmony
Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication
Commitment to Protect Nature
Leadership and Team Building Skills
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