Since 1998 across China, Vietnam, Mongolia and Hong Kong SAR, OneSky has:
Trained
Caregivers
Reached
Children
OneSky’s programs have been evaluated by leading academic institutions that specialize in early childhood development. This research shows that OneSky’s programs are impacting responsive caregiving and the care environment while improving child development outcomes as highlighted below.
Improve nurturing and responsive care in child welfare institutions
Improve institutional caregiving quality, including responsiveness, supportive guidance, warm and positive affect
Increase accommodating care routines and inclusion of children with disabilities in institutions
Improve a child’s physical growth, including height and weight
Decrease a child’s behavioral challenges, including poor self-regulation and social withdrawal
Increase warm parenting interactions
Improve whole family-child interactions
Increase parent satisfaction with their child’s preschool, including with the physical environment, toys, books, and teachers
Improve a child’s gross motor skills
Improve a child’s personal-social skills
Improve a child’s readiness to learn
Improve and sustain independent childcare quality, including the physical environment, caregiver-child interactions, inclusiveness, support for early learning and development
May improve the knowledge and caregiving interactions of caregivers not directly trained by OneSky
Improve a child’s fine motor skills
Improve a child’s visual perception
Improve a child’s early learning composite scores
Evaluation of OneSky’s Training Programme for Home-Based Care Providers in Vietnam (2020)
OneSky’s innovative and impactful programs have also been featured in leading global publications from multilateral institutions, associations, and networks.
OneSky’s home-based childcare training program in Vietnam was featured in Bernard van Leer Foundation’s annual global journal Early Childhood Matters, as an innovation in ECD.
“OneSky: blended learning for home-based childcare providers in Vietnam” (November 2020)
OneSky’s home-based childcare training program in Vietnam was featured in Spring Impact and Echnida Giving’s report “Support Programs for Home-Based Child Care: A Global Study” (October 2020)
OneSky’s blended learning approach in Vietnam was featured in Childhood Education International’s publication Childhood Education Innovations. “Staying Connected during a Pandemic” (October 2020)
OneSky’s home-based childcare training program in Vietnam was cited in the UN International Labour Organization and WIEGO’s policy brief “Extending childcare services to workers in the informal economy: policy lessons from country experiences” (October 2020)
OneSky’s home-based childcare training program in Vietnam was cited in the International Finance Corporation & The World Bank Group’s report “Tackling Childcare: The Business Case for Employer-Supported Childcare in Vietnam” (August 2020)
OneSky’s family skills training program in China’s rural villages was selected as a noteworthy practice for the Asia-Pacific region and featured in the Asia-Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood (ARNEC) report on “Noteworthy ECD Parenting Programmes in Support of Young Children’s Holistic Development and Protection in the Asia-Pacific Region” (December 2019)