ChildsPlay International (CPI) is a non-profit that works to promote greater opportunities for play and free education where it has been curtailed — for example, because of war, famine, or natural disaster.
Join us as we explore the significance of play, its profound impact on children’s lives and development, and how we are committed to making a positive difference through play-based learning initiatives globally.
Through tailored storytelling, free education, art programs, and the Olympics of Mind and Body, CPI helps children regain confidence, build critical thinking, and reconnect with their communities.
Reaching thousands of children across more than a dozen countries, CPI uses the power of play to foster learning and healing.
By organizing storytelling events, mask-making workshops, and performances, CPI provides a platform for vulnerable children to express themselves and grow.
Guided by Piaget’s wisdom that “Play is the work of childhood,” we recognize that play shapes essential qualities like resilience, integrity, and creativity in young minds.
Our mission is to foster greater opportunities for vulnerable children to play, learn, and develop while preserving local culture.
At CPI, play is fundamental to a child’s growth and we help create opportunities for play and learning in situations where it has been limited, such as during times of war, natural disaster, displacement or famine.
Together with local teams, we cultivate lasting play initiatives that respect and preserve diverse cultures, ensuring sustainable impact for generations to come
Trauma takes many forms – pandemics, war, poverty, HIV orphanhood, displacement – and it affects children the most. While we can’t rid the world of these conditions, CPI is dedicated to creating places of safety and normalcy for children through the power of play.
CPI recognizes that play and play-based learning engages not only the mind but the whole child. Through play-based learning, CPI gives vulnerable children a stronger sense of their own abilities through games, storytelling, mask-making and self-expression in the arts–engaging all their senses.
We design our play-based learning projects to engage the body, the heart, the voice and the imagination.
ChildsPlay International offers free education to the children in our programs. While we compensate our local partners for delivering CPI’s educational programs, we ensure that the children receive snacks, refreshments, and unrestricted access to all classes.
Holistic education goes beyond the classroom and includes various forms of learning, including formal, informal, and experiential learning.
Our mission is to foster greater opportunities for vulnerable children to play, learn, and develop while preserving local culture.
534 W. 112 Street,
P.O.Box 250765
New York, NY 10025
CPI is a nonprofit tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S, Internal Revenue Code.
Registered Charity: EIN 85-0677829
Link to CPI’s Annual Report 2024 here
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