The Aloe and Ivy Children's Initiative

Stay at home as much as possible. Listen to the experts, ignore the morons (foreheads). We will get through this together.

"I want other kids with disabilities to see that when you try your best, you can do anything." 10-year-old Sara. Children with disabilities share the universal right to learn, play and thrive. #ForEveryChild

Living in low-income settings highly influence parenting styles. Play and fun is likely to be less prioritised - @BoStjerne #playingtolearn

💭💤 Sweet dreams at a UNICEF-supported child friendly space in Cúcuta, Colombia, where we provide learning activities for migrant children and parents from Venezuela. #AChildIsAChild

"Through #play, children build confidence and develop critical social-emotional skills, become leaders and better understand how they fit into and interact with the world around them." Read more in this article by our Founder and CEO @jillvialet: the74million.org/article/vialet… #SEL

A picture of joy. School should not be a scary place. There is simply no exception. Children should feel safe, supported and happy in a place where they will spend many of their formative years. Years that will shape who they are. #ENDviolence

“I wanted to bring the toys I left back home,” says Yamin, eight. “We left quickly. We didn’t take anything with us.” Ongoing violence has forced hundreds of children from Atmah, Syria, to spend Eid al-Fitr in makeshift camps near the Turkish border. #ChildrenUnderAttack

@UNICEF Children really just want to play #LetKidsPlay

The Duchess of Cambridge has released photos of her family in the garden she helped design for the famed Chelsea Flower Show, to encourage parents to create more chances to let their kids play in nature. The casual photos show Kate, Will, George, Charlotte and Louis.

This teacher is helping his students build confidence through dance. Great moves!

😀😀😀 Every child has a right to grow happy, healthy and safe. #ForEveryChild, joy.

Conflict in #Yemen has left a staggering 2 million children acutely malnourished. Humanitarian aid cannot wait. A pledging conference in Geneva this Tuesday is the world’s chance to make life-saving commitments. We urge the international community to #InvestInHumanity.

Worldwide, 12 million girls are married as children each year. That’s 12 million girls who may never get the chance to be leaders, teachers, athletes, scientists or artists. We must #EndChildMarriage now.

Research conducted by the Real Play Coalition partners found children and families want more play in their lives, but find it increasingly hard to make time for it. Do you make time for #play?

“We know that to survive, thrive and meet the challenges of tomorrow, children need more #play today. The skills they will need, the people they will become and the kind of world they will make together depend on it.” -@official_rpc Value of Play Report #PlayAfrica #AfricaPlay

“The playground is now a hub for activities. You see kids now playing, riding bikes and doing homework. Life was brought back to #Pullman. We’re home.” Grateful to reflect on our work in #Chicago with @ccyvpssa, @Chicago_Police and #ChicagoCRED. See more thoughts below!

#LetKidsPlay 🤸‍♂️🤹‍♀️

In a country where nearly half of women and girls are subjected to FGM, this is huge. glblctzn.me/2ot556O

My sister just passed her Viva and completed her PhD from university of Cambridge . So proud of her. So excited too. We call her Dr. Dr. now. 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽