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Further details: CINDE is a non-profit organisation whose three basic objectives are: 1. To conduct research projects that will lead to the implementation of new models of human development and education. 2. To train mature professionals who have demonstrated their potential to develop similar projects. 3. To develop mechanisms for the inter- change and dissemination of information experiences that will contribute to the qualification of the education and health development of your children and their families. Programmes: 1. PROMESA: A programme for the improvement of education, health and the environment, represents a non- conventional alternative for meeting the needs of young children in rural areas through the participation of the family and the community. Developed in Choc Colombia with the poor communities. 2. Early stimulation programme aimed at mothers with children between 0 and 3 years. 3. Integrated home-school programme with children between 3 and 6 years 4. Child to Child programme involving training older children of 9 to 12 years as education agents in the stimulation of health physical, social and intellectual development of their younger brothers and sisters and of the children in the community between 3 and 6 years, using play as the main method for learning. 5. Play and learn how to think is a n educational innovation that seeks to develop among primary school children of 1st, 2nd, 3rd 4th and 5th grade, the ability to solve problems and a realistic self-concept which will help them in their academic learning. 6. Open and semi-distant graduate programme for professionals 7. Research and evaluation programmes 8. Resources and dissemination centre. Main areas of work are in Education, Health, Care and Development, Family Environment, and Alternative Care

Organisation type: NGO - non governmental organisation

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Centro Internacional de Educacion y Desarrolla Humano (CINDE)