Kal Aaj Kal - Community Workers Conference - 2020

“Kal Aaj Kal” (“Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow”) was a conference held in December 2020. This was a convening of over 200+ community workers from all over the country – from urban slums to rural low resource areas – for the first-ever virtual conference in India for community workers in Early Childhood Development. It was conducted entirely in Hindi and discussions ranged from how the community workers were coping during the pandemic as well as on how to allay parents’ fears in the communities where these workers served (especially with the children being home more than ever before).

A number of awareness resources were also created for professionals throughout the year. For example, three types of videos and workshops were targeted at community workers ranging from activities to promote early childhood development to building awareness around mental health for themselves and caregivers. In addition, best practice documents for online clinical work and online training were created and published.