Articles & Interviews

Ever since the Jacobs Foundation was founded, we have embraced change as we have sought to fulfil our mission of promoting the healthy development of children and youth. Find out more about the importance of reliability and continuity in our Annual Report 2019.

A strong coalition of the Ivorian government, companies of the cocoa and chocolate industry and philanthropic partners aims to jointly tackle root causes of child labor in Côte d’Ivoire.

Programa Valentina wins the Transforming Education Prize 2020, worth 50,000 Swiss francs, offered by TRECC. Valentina Program reduces youth unemployment and underemployment in Guatemala with training, certification and placement programs.

To promote positive change in education in Switzerland, the initiative “Educreators – Shapers of the Future” was launched on March 30, 2020. The goal is to support emerging good practices in education.

A remarkable expansion of the new Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development in its first 1,000 days enabled excellent interdisciplinary research on improving the lives of young people.

The Youth Development Project (YDP) shows remarkable results and has changed the lives of young farmers in Central Uganda.

What effect does attending child care services have on the educational development and social behavior of preschool children? On behalf of the Jacobs Foundation, Professor Andreas Balthasar has drawn up a White Paper that provides some answers.

After supporting the development of Educational Landscapes for more than 10 years, the Jacobs Foundation is handing over responsibility in Switzerland to éducation21. We spoke with Marion Künzler about the future of Educational Landscapes.

Can you have a conversation with a baby? Parents in the UK may soon find “conversation starters” on baby products to promote learning-enhancing conversations with kids. The second group of Learning Sciences Exchange Fellows presents here their project.