Child Impact
A hub of “tools” to make the work of child development practitioners easier — a platform that mobilises cross-sector collaboration to promote the well-being of children and young people
Translated from Thai · reviewed by the CF team
Matching problems with ready-to-use knowledge
Child Impact connects and mobilises collaboration across sectors to support the development of children and young people’s potential, helping them grow and thrive across 4 dimensions — physical health, mental health, social development and intellectual development. Its main approach is to “match well-being challenges with ready-to-use knowledge packages”, alongside tools to assess outcomes before and after activities.
A shared space independent of any one organisation
The platform serves as a shared space connecting frontline practitioners with knowledge, funding and resources from diverse organisations across the country. It draws on research by partner organisations working with children, such as Kid for Kids, and summarises it in articles written directly for practitioners.
Empowering frontline practitioners
Providing knowledge, tools and resources suited to the context of each area
Expanding access
Connecting practitioners with knowledge, funding and resources from diverse organisations across the country
Mobilising cross-sector funding focused on outcomes
Reducing inequalities in opportunities for children and young people to develop
A research article library
Summarising knowledge from Kid for Kids and other research sources in practical articles for practitioners
Main supporter
Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth)
Knowledge and data partners
Kid for Kids, Mahidol Population Institute, ChangeFusion
Implementation partners
San Phalang Dee, Thailand Physical Activity Knowledge Development Centre (TPAK), and a network of more than 10 schools and child development centres
The team continues to publish articles, tools and new features.
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What change does this work create, and how do you know it is effective?
Child Impact brings together knowledge, tools and child-related outcome data on a single platform, with a dashboard that uses standard indicators to view and compare project results.
Child Impact is a platform that connects people working with children to knowledge, funding and resources. It also matches well-being issues with practical knowledge sets and provides tools for assessment before and after activities. This Project Around ~100,000 teachers and people working with children use the platform each year, and 224 projects are in its data system. The projects with data in the system have approximately ~7.1 million beneficiaries across all categories. This Project
Evaluation helps show changes in children and families. The 2026 evaluation framework presents the number of respondents, average scores before and after, measures of dispersion, and p-values processed by the evaluation team. The Legacy framework retains data using the previous level classifications, and the system does not combine figures from the two frameworks. UpdateChild Impact dashboard supports the 2026 assessment framework, reporting partner project results with measurable, comparable standard indicators In the platform’s impact data, 85 % of users said the content they downloaded was very useful. This Project These figures show both reach and outcome reporting, but do not by themselves confirm that the changes were caused by the platform alone.
How was this work carried out, and what lessons can be applied going forward?
We connect problems with ready-to-use knowledge and tools, then develop the system by working with partners. An important lesson is to use shared standards and not mix data from different assessment methods.
Child Impact’s approach is to connect practitioners with knowledge resources relevant to well-being issues, pre- and post-assessment tools, and resources from multiple organisations, while positioning the platform as a shared space that is not tied to any one organisation. This Project The team also works with partners to connect data and develop functions based on how the platform is used, such as a registration and activity-tracking system for Health Talk that draws on the member database to help reduce duplicate data entry. UpdateChild Impact completes Health Talk activity support system, linking member database to reduce duplicate data entry
A lesson from updating the dashboard is that, even when the same set of standard indicators is used, data reported using different methods should be displayed separately. The system therefore has a 2026 assessment framework and a Legacy framework, and does not combine figures from the two frameworks, to avoid presenting an inaccurate picture of the results. UpdateChild Impact dashboard supports the 2026 assessment framework, reporting partner project results with measurable, comparable standard indicators Another lesson is that data connections require clear roles for each system: followkids is used to collect DSPM data, which is then displayed in the Child Impact dashboard. UpdateEarly childhood partners join forces to use followkids to connect child data to Child Impact These approaches help ensure that system development starts with real problems and agreements made with partners.
What kinds of areas is this approach suitable for, and what do we need to get started in our area?
This approach uses an online platform to connect people working with children with knowledge, funding and resources from multiple organisations. There is no record of specific local conditions or what needs to be prepared to get started.
Child Impact positions itself as a central online platform connecting practitioners with knowledge, funding and resources from a range of organisations across the country, and provides a tool for matching well-being issues with ready-to-use knowledge packages. This Project Our work covers children's physical, mental, social and intellectual well-being, and is carried out through schools, teachers, public health personnel and funders. IssueChildren, Youth and Well-being
One example of how the system is used is displaying local data at Subdistrict level on a map, without requiring projects to enter additional, specific latitude and longitude coordinates. UpdateChild Impact discusses adding “families” as a target group and setting up a Subdistrict-level mapping system with Khropkhrua Yim and Bureau 4 However, we have not recorded which types of areas are best suited to this approach, or what resources, personnel and steps an area needs in order to get started.
What methods or tools can we start using right away?
Teachers and people working with children can use the knowledge and media library, or the trial LINE account, to find knowledge, activities and funding sources based on the issues they encounter.
The tools available include Child Impact’s knowledge and media library, which offers knowledge sets matched to well-being issues, as well as tools for evaluating outcomes before and after activities. This Project Teachers and people working with children can also use the trial LINE Official Account by briefly describing an issue to find relevant knowledge sets, learning materials, articles, activities and funding sources, or browse through the different menus. UpdateChild Impact launches a prototype LINE account to help teachers and child-focused workers find relevant resources and knowledge in a single chat
Users can save media they are interested in to their own bookshelf and share it with colleagues. The account initially uses search rules set by the editorial team; it does not yet use AI to respond. If a message indicates an emergency or danger to a child, it displays the relevant helpline number first. UpdateChild Impact launches a prototype LINE account to help teachers and child-focused workers find relevant resources and knowledge in a single chat Another tool for practitioners and partners is a dashboard, which displays project results according to the selected evaluation framework, with filters and respondent numbers, so users can view results by area or project. UpdateChild Impact dashboard supports the 2026 assessment framework, reporting partner project results with measurable, comparable standard indicators
How does this work connect to systemic issues, and what kind of collaboration is needed?
Child Impact connects knowledge, funding, data, and practitioners to address the multidimensional challenges affecting children's well-being. This work requires collaboration among schools, teachers, public health personnel, funders, and child-focused partners.
The issue this work aims to address is that child development is often limited to education, even though well-being encompasses physical, mental, social, and intellectual dimensions. The work therefore needs to connect tools that may appear to be educational with public health work and the support systems around children. IssueChildren, Youth and Well-being Child Impact serves as a shared space, matching problems with ready-to-use knowledge and connecting practitioners with funding and resources from a range of organisations. This Project
The necessary collaboration therefore involves both frontline practitioners and partners in knowledge, data, and resources. Our work identifies roles for teachers, public health personnel, schools, and funders, alongside collaboration with Kid for Kids and networks of schools or child development centres. IssueChildren, Youth and Well-being This Project Joint data work is also part of addressing the problem systematically, such as establishing followkids as a shared tool for collecting DSPM data and linking it to a dashboard. UpdateEarly childhood partners join forces to use followkids to connect child data to Child Impact The main approach is to mobilise cross-sector collaboration to promote children's well-being across all dimensions.