Our Goals.. To support the development and promotion of Christian Academic Programs in Holistic Child Development (HCD) at all levels- certificate, diploma, undergraduate, Masters , and Doctoral. To establish, at Daystar University, a premier Africa “Center of Excellence” in Holistic Child Development. To support the mission of the Global Alliance in Child Development in Kenya and across Africa.
Dr. Harrahs Malinda The Head, Institute for Child Development

We aim to extend our reach and impact in the area of Child Development through:
	Knowledge generation: becoming a leader in contributing to the development of Holistic Child Development resources, including curricula, syllabi, books, articles,  and other resources which enable and enhance HCD programs in Kenya and across Africa and globally.
	Education and training: creating a supportive environment that cultivates creativity and integrates theory, practice and research training with our role in training the next generation of professionals in the area of Ministry to children.

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The Child Development Institute seeks to:
	Participate with Christian academic and other strategic Organizations to further Holistic Child Development research and provide mutual cooperation to further the cause of holistic child development for needy children.
	Work collaboratively with like-minded Christian institutions to raise standards, improve content, ensure accreditation, and develop administrative/governance guidelines, and undertake other initiatives that facilitate the implementation and improvement of the quality of Child Development programs across Africa.
	Develop programs for the training and faculty development, guest lectures, conduct seminars, workshops, conferences or other forums which contribute to the development of HCD programs and programming.

By becoming the premier child development institute in Africa, we will:
	Enhance our ability to provide innovative and evidence-informed child development programs.
	Create engaged and integrated child development research collaborative that put research knowledge into practice locally and globally.
	Teach the next generation of Ministry to children professionals and other clients at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels.

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