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Meet Noble Abingya, our Radio Manager.
Noble's love of #radio began in 1984, when his father brought home a battery-powered radio from Agege, Nigeria. He and his sister were thrilled to listen to Ghana Broadcasting Corporation in their local language, Gurune.
Today, he uses that same power of radio to help bring learning into homes.
At Lively Minds, Noble leads our Radio Team to support governments in #Ghana and #Uganda to deliver programmes that help parents support their children's learning and development.
One episode that stayed with him focused on preventing water accidents. The response from listeners following tragic incidents involving two children showed him just how deeply #radio can connect with communities and bring important information into people's lives.
Today, the Lively Minds Together radio programme reaches an estimated 1.8 million listeners in 24 languages across #Ghana and #Uganda.
An external evaluation by Farm Radio found that:
• 97.4% of listeners said the programme helped them support their preschool children's learning at home.
• 91.5% reported adopting new early childhood care and education practices as a direct result.
We're proud to have Noble and the entire Radio Team bringing practical learning and support to families, one broadcast at a time.
#SDG4 #ECD #Parents #Radio #LearningThroughPlay
04 Nov 2026
#UnpackThePhoto
What makes this photo so captivating?
A box of colourful fabric, a few homemade play materials, and a little girl eager to explore.
This photo, taken during a home visit in The Gambia, shows how #parents are putting what they learnt during the Parenting Sessions into practice.
#Parents are discovering how everyday objects can become #play materials, creating opportunities for children to discover and learn at home. Even better, they are taking the time to prepare a box of goodies like this for their daughter to #play and explore with.
And just look at this little girl's curiosity! With simple materials and a #parent to discover alongside her, an ordinary moment can become an opportunity to learn.
In the Partnership with Parents in #ECD pilot in The Gambia, #parents reported an increase in playing with their children, from an average of 1.7 days a week to 3.9 days a week after the programme.
That is one of the lessons at the heart of the pilot: helping #parents recognise the learning opportunities around them and feel confident in their role as their children’s first teachers.
#UnpackThePhoto #ECD #Parents #LearningThroughPlay #TheGambia
30 Oct 2026
For three years, Latifa Mohammed, a parent in Northern Ghana, has been listening to the Lively Minds Together Radio programme, first introduced to her by a friend.
One episode, in particular, stayed with her: a discussion about bedwetting.
Latifa shared that she used to beat her five-year-old child for wetting the bed because she felt her child was too old for it. But the programme helped her understand that there was a different way to respond.
One practical tip she learnt was to gently wake her child during the night to use the toilet.
It was a simple nudge that changed how she approached the situation, reminding her that understanding her child’s needs was more helpful than punishment.
However, this simple nudge has a big impact.
- Her son feels safer and more supported by his mother.
- It has reduced physical violence in the home.
- Latifah and her son's relationship will now be stronger.
- Latifah has learned that there are different ways to parents, that can result in BIG changes, for her and for her child.
Through Lively Minds Together Radio, parents like Latifa are discovering practical ways to support their children’s development and make everyday moments at home opportunities for learning and care.
Watch Latifa share the experience that encouraged her to keep listening.
#SDG4 #ECD #Parents #Radio #LearningThroughPlay
20 Oct 2026
#InternationalDayofRuralWomen
What if the people with the power to change a young child’s future are already right there in their home and community, just waiting for the chance to discover what they can do? How to lay those foundations for life?
Rural women have a lot on their hands. Between farming, trading, caring for their families and managing household responsibilities, their time is pulled in many directions.
Yet they still find ways to support their children’s learning. They attend parenting sessions, make time to #play and turn everyday activities into opportunities for their children to learn.
Through our work with governments in #TheGambia, #Oromia, Ethiopia, #Ghana and #Uganda, we’ve seen how practical knowledge can unlock the potential of #parents. We call them the sleeping giants of early childhood development.
Women with little or no formal education are using their learning from parenting course workshops to help their own children learn at home, alongside their many other responsibilities. All while juggling work, childcare and household responsibilities.
Lively Minds partners with governments to help parents become confident and capable providers of early childhood development, using play and materials they already have at home.
We celebrate the rural women making a difference in their children’s lives, in the midst of everything else they do.
Happy International Day of Rural Women, we celebrate their commitment to giving their children a strong start, one everyday moment at a time.
#InternationalDayOfRuralWomen #ECD #LearningThroughPlay
15 Oct 2026
#InternationalDayOfTheGirlChild
Leadership can start with something as simple as a girl sharing a story, asking a question or helping her friends discover something new.
We are proud that the Lively Minds approach gives young children opportunities to build confidence, express their ideas, make choices and learn to lead through #play. Supporting #parents and teachers provide these early experiences to your girls, helps them to build skills they can carry with them as they grow.
This International Day of the Girl Child, we’re excited to be part of the work to invest in girls from the very beginning and protecting their rights so they have equal chances to reach their full potential in life.
#InternationalDayOfTheGirl #ECD #Play
11 Oct 2026
Have you ever noticed how easily a child can count in English, but struggles to do the same in the language they speak at home?
It’s something we started hearing from #parents:
“My child can now count in Dagbanli.”
“My child now knows colours in Lusoga.”
“My child can identify objects in our local language.”
At first, these might sound like small changes. But the more we heard them, the more we realised they were pointing to something bigger.
For many young children, the language they hear and use at home is the language they understand best. When learning happens in that language, children can participate more confidently, understand new ideas more easily, and connect what they are learning to their everyday lives.
This is also why #Ghana’s education policy supports mother tongue instruction in the early years, helping children build strong foundations for learning and comprehension.
Through the Lively Minds approach, learning doesn’t stop at the classroom door. #Parents, caregivers and community volunteers play an active role in helping children learn through #play and everyday activities, often using the languages children know best.
For families, that can mean seeing a child become more confident not only in counting or naming colours, but in using their own language to learn, communicate and make sense of the world around them.
In this video, Asana Alhassan shares how her children have become more fluent counting in Dagbanli.
Stories like Asana’s remind us that when children can learn in a language that is part of their everyday lives, learning can feel more familiar, more meaningful and more connected to home.
#SDG4 #ECCE #Parents #LanguageAndLearning
09 Oct 2026
#WorldTeachersDay2026
In a pre-primary classroom, a simple game can help children practise, explore, take turns and build new skills all while having fun.
Victoria Korkor, a teacher at Nuaso Anglican KG in Lower Manya Krobo, Ghana, uses #play to make learning active and enjoyable for her pupils.
Victoria listens to the Lively Minds Together radio programme and brings ideas from it into her teaching, creating more opportunities for children to learn through #play.
This is what makes teachers so important to the Lively Minds approach. They help bring learning to life in the classroom and connect what children experience at school with the learning and #play that can continue at home with their #parents.
For young children, play isn’t separate from learning. #Play is how they learn.
This World Teachers’ Day, we’re celebrating Victoria and teachers everywhere who make learning active, playful and meaningful.
#WorldTeachersDay #Teachers #ECD #sdg4 #GES
05 Oct 2026
Here’s a quick recap from our #UNGA81 session: The role of funders in scaling with government: what needs to change?
The session was hosted by Spring Impact and Lively Minds, bringing together panellists from Spring Impact, Lively Minds, TaRL Africa, African Center for Early Childhood Development, Grand Challenges Canada and ELMA Philanthropies.
One question put to the panellists was:
“What is the biggest gap between what scale requires and what philanthropy rewards?”
The answer was strikingly similar across the panel: Time.
Scaling takes time. Often, much more time than funding cycles allow.
Alison Naftalin, our Founder & CEO, also challenged the idea that NGOs should always have a clear “exit strategy”.
Governments may continue to need support from NGOs to test new ideas, learn, adapt and innovate. NGOs can often move and adapt more quickly, while governments have to work across larger and more complex systems.
Building this kind of partnership takes time.
We will be sharing much more about the expert perspectives in the coming weeks, so watch this space.
The session ended with another important question from Liana Ghent:
“How can funders invest in national and regional advocacy networks that outlast any single programme?”
A question we’ll be thinking about for a while.
Let us know what you think about this question in the comments?
#ECD #sdg4 #Scale #UNGA18
25 Sep 2026
Lively Minds at the 100x Impact Accelerator Kick-off Week
What an energising few days!
Alison and Fayuda completed the first in-person kick-off week of the 100x Impact Accelerator, joining an inspiring cohort of organisations working across early childhood development, health, education, conservation and more.
The week gave us space to step away from the day-to-day and think much bigger about what it really takes to scale impact.
For Lively Minds, some of the questions we’re taking away include:
How do we help governments become the long-term doers and payers, while ensuring quality is maintained?
How do we measure impact at scale, not simply reach?
What does the funding model need to look like as we move from pilots and innovation towards sustainable government-led delivery?
And perhaps most importantly:
How can we make parent-powered early childhood development a sustainable part of government systems, reaching millions of children with quality?
One of the most valuable parts of the week was learning across sectors. The generosity and openness of the cohort created a genuine “brain trust” challenging our assumptions and giving us new ways to think about problems that are often shared across very different contexts.
A huge thank you to the 100x team, IG Advisors, J-PAL and our brilliant cohort for the challenge, support and generosity.
We’re only at the beginning, but we’re excited about the next 16 weeks of learning, testing and turning big questions into action.
Here’s to thinking bigger about what’s possible for young children.
#ECD #sdg4 #Scale #100x
23 Sep 2026
#InternationalLiteracyDay
“How was your day?”
“What do you think will happen next in the story?”
“What do you see in this picture?”
These might sound like ordinary questions. But for a young child, they’re opportunities to listen, think, learn new words and express themselves.
And this is the kind of learning that can happen anywhere, while playing, telling stories, singing songs or simply talking together. Literacy isn’t only about reading a book. It starts with the everyday moments.
Through our work with parents and governments, we support families to make the most of these everyday moments, helping #parents feel confident in their role as their children’s first teachers.
Because building the foundations for literacy doesn’t always require a classroom. Sometimes, it starts with a conversation.
Happy International Literacy Day!
#ECD #parents #International Literacy Day
08 Sep 2026
We love talking all things #parents and Early Years and that's why we’re heading to participate in an Early Years Salzburg Global convening next week.
Salzburg Global brings together government, funders, and delivery organisations, providing time and space to work together and build relationships that lead to partnerships and effect real change.
From 6 – 11 September, our Founder & CEO Alison Naftalin and Advocacy Lead Eleanor Sykes, and our partner Dr Tolla Berisso, Head of the Oromia Education Bureau will join Salzburg Global’s A Tale of 2000 Days: New Partnerships in Early Childhood in Salzburg, Austria.
We will join people working across health, nutrition, education and parenting to explore how we can better connect support for children across their first 2,000 days, from pregnancy through the early years.
For Lively Minds, this is a conversation we’re very excited to be part of.
#Parents and caregivers are a constant in a child’s early years. Yet support for them is often treated separately from early learning and other #ECD services.
Our work is about changing that - working with governments to make #parent engagement a practical part of early learning systems.
We’re looking forward to sharing our experience, learning from others and exploring through working groups what stronger connections across the early years could look like.
#sdg4 #parents #ECCE #SalzburgGlobal
04 Sep 2026
Good ideas start with listening. Before we ask families to change a habit, try something new or spend more time learning with their children, we need to understand what life actually looks like at home and recognise that this can look very different from one place to another.
Recently, we held focus group discussions across selected communities in #Ghana and #Uganda, speaking with caregivers about everyday family life - what works, what gets in the way, and what kind of support could actually help.
We explored everyday practices around #handwashing, #nutrition, #play and learning at home, and #discipline, as well as how the Lively Minds Together radio programme could help reinforce positive practices.
We also spoke with caregivers who had previously been exposed to Lively Minds programmes and those who had not. This helps us understand their different experiences, as well as the context in which families are making decisions and developing everyday habits.
The conversations are helping us think about some very practical questions:
• What makes a healthy habit easier to maintain? What gets in the way of trying something new?
• What kind of reminder would actually make a difference?
• How can support fit into family life, rather than add another burden?
As Lively Minds works across different countries and contexts, understanding families and the realities of their everyday lives is a vital part of developing approaches that are practical, relevant and responsive to where they live.
There is still more to learn from what caregivers shared, and we’re looking forward to taking these insights forward.
#ECD #BehaviourChange #Parents #FGD #Radio
31 Aug 2026
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