1.0Plateforme des sciences sociales dans l’action humanitairehttps://www.socialscienceinaction.org/frrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="TzVbDjafFI"><a href="https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/fr/home/allishia17/">Allishia17</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/fr/home/allishia17/embed/#?secret=TzVbDjafFI" width="600" height="338" title="" Allishia17 " - Plateforme sur les sciences sociales dans l'action humanitaire" data-secret="TzVbDjafFI" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/child-brushing-teeth.jpg15361024On 12 August 2016 in Belize, 3-year-old Alishia learns how to brush her teeth from her mother, Keisha Gentle, at home in front of their bathroom mirror, in Belize City. Their family also includes Alishia’s father and her 17-year-old brother, both named Andrew. Alishia has two primary caregivers: her mother and an aunt, Tracy Moody – who takes care of her niece during the school term while Ms. Gentle is at work at a nearby school. Alishia likes helping her aunt and her grandmother with their daily chores, as well as doing things for herself. She also spends time playing in the park, playing electronic games and watching television but has considerable interaction with her cousin, KJ (who lives near her and is older), and with a teenage girl who is his neighbour. Alishia’s vocabularly is so advanced that she has significantly influenced KJ’s own language skills. Comparing how Alishia and Andrew were raised, Ms. Gentle said: “When Andrew was 5, he told me he couldn’t read and [that] it was my fault. I cried that night, it broke my heart. Since having Alishia, I am much more aware of what she needs as a child than I was with Andrew. But you can’t get those early years back. With a lot of hard work, Andrew is now doing well in school and I’m so proud of him, but he’s struggled, and that struggle could’ve been prevented.” Ms. Moody also knows the importance of a loving and stimulating environment for young children’s healthy development. “When kids miss out, they feel neglected and they grow up angry, like they’re not wanted,” she said. In recent years, considerable progress was made in the area of Early Childhood Development. In 2011 only 32 per cent of children between 36 and 59 months of age attended an Early Childhood Education (ECE) programme, but this reached 55 per cent by 2015. Disparities however persist as only one in five of the poorest children attend ECE, and the Cayo district sees the lowest ECE attendance rate (36 per cent).