News and Events

June 12, 2025

Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child and Lucy Family Institute Launch App to Empower Nearly 7,000 Teachers Across India

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May 30, 2025

Building Strong Foundations: A Haitian Mother’s Journey of Empowerment with the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child

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May 28, 2025

Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child Releases Five-Year Review of Research, Learning, and Global Impact

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December 21, 2022

2022 GC-DWC Newsletter

We are excited to share our 2022 Year in Review Newsletter. In this year's newsletter, we will guide you through our latest programming and research as well as our efforts in placing a greater emphasis on inclusion, resiliency, and the sustainability of our work. We are grateful for your partnership...

Kate Schuenke-Lucien, Director of Haiti Initiatives

Think. Pair. Share. with Kate Schuenke-Lucien

From summertime foods, frisbees, and exploring Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, to the transformational power of finding the “secret sauce” at St. Procopius and all Catholic schools Kate Schuenke-Lucien , Director for Haiti in the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child, shares how the...

Global Center leads $23 million award

Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child part of $23 million award for education in Haiti in partnership with Catholic Relief Services

The University of Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) will play a key role in implementing a $23 million program funded by USAID designed to improve Haitian students’ foundational skills in reading, literacy and social emotional learning by building and...

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Think. Pair. Share. with Nikhit D'Sa

From St. Patrick and his feast day to five-day cricket extravaganzas and adopting a human-centered approach to research application in the lived experience of children and teachers Nikhit D’Sa , Assistant Professor and Senior Associate Director for Research at the Global Center for the Development...

Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child - Haiti

February 17, 2022

Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child receives $3.4 million to support resilient education in Haiti

The Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) at the University of Notre Dame has received three grant awards totalling $3.4 million to fund resilient education programming in Haiti. These awards — from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the LEGO Foundation and USAID — build on Notre...

2021 GC-DWC Newsletter

February 10, 2022

2021 GC-DWC Newsletter Released

As we close out another year at the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child and look forward to 2022, we are invigorated by the progress of our in-country partners, global team, innovative collaborators, and generous friends, donors, and supporters. Witnessing the implementation of...

December 3, 2021

Wirth Family Expands its Commitment to Haiti’s Future

For Gilbert (“Chip”) Wirth and his family, investment in Haiti has always meant investment in people. What began as a commitment to cultivating healthy outcomes for Haitians over the past 24 years has transformed into creating economic and educational opportunities for entire communities, bringing...

SEL

October 21, 2021

What does the evidence say? SEL Programming in Haiti

What does the evidence say? Social emotional skills go by many names: life skills, 21 st century skills, non-cognitive skills, transferable skills…. Whatever the name, however, social emotional learning (SEL) encompasses a variety of competencies and skills which influence relationships, behavior...

Eradication of Poverty

October 18, 2021

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Addressing global poverty is no small task. Just a quick look at the numbers can be quite daunting: according to the United Nations in 2015, 736 million people lived below the international poverty line (U.S. $1.90 a day). Globally, in 2018, nearly 8% of workers and their families lived on less than...

Positive Parenting

October 14, 2021

Positive Parenting : What does the evidence say?

We hear the term quite frequently: positive parenting. But what does it actually mean? Parents and caregivers are a child’s first teachers, and they play an important role in their child’s development from the very start. The ways in which parents raise their children have a long-term impact on...

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