Pakket van handig toepasbare materialen om jonge kinderen te helpen.

Dit pakket is bedoeld om beleidsmakers, programmamakers en hulpverleners te helpen bij de hulp aan jonge kinderen, met name zij di getroffen zijn door HIV/AIDS in de familie of zij die zelf geinfecteerd zijn op een geintegreerde en holistische wijze.

Korte engelse beschrijving van het pakket: 
The package aims to provide strategies and tools to:
* Eliminate barriers to care and support;
* Foster positive caregiver-child interaction;
* Support links to broad systems of integrated care; and
* Employ a developmentally appropriate approach

Materials have been developed based on a comprehensive literature review of the effects of HIV and AIDS on young children and caregivers and a review of current programs and materials addressing the needs of vulnerable children, and specifically in relation to ECD. 

Efforts to develop the Essential Package (EP) were led by the Inter-Agency Task Force on ECD and AIDS (IATF) within the Consultative Group and co-chaired by CARE and Save the Children.  The  materials from the EP are currently available for viewing and downloading on two separate websites: http://ecdgroup.com/HIV_AIDS.asp and www.ovcsupport.net/s/index.php?c=159.