Our approach
Play, literacy, creative arts and connection, designed around what childhood needs.
The Strong Buddies Developmental Ecosystem
Four parts, working together
Play
- Joy and enjoyment
- Exploration and imagination
- Social interaction
- Problem-solving
- Experiencing ordinary childhood
Literacy and learning
- Cognitive stimulation
- Continued learning
- Imagination and storytelling
- Educational engagement during disrupted schooling
- Experiencing achievement and progress
Creative arts
- Self-expression
- Communicating thoughts and feelings
- Exploring identity
- Developing creativity
- Building confidence
Connection
- Peer interaction
- Friendship and belonging
- Social development
- Supportive relationships
- Reducing isolation
Alongside healthcare
A layer that sits alongside care
We do not provide medical treatment or present recreational activities as a replacement for clinical mental-health care. We create a psychosocial and developmental layer that sits alongside existing healthcare.
By partnering with hospitals, clinics, families and communities, we bring support closer to where children already receive care.
Good intentions are not enough. Our pilots are designed to show what works, for whom and in what context, so we can keep improving.
Join the Buddies
Be part of the story
Every story read, game played and friendship made gives a child something treatment cannot.
