Streets for Kids

Streets for Kids looks at cities through the lens of children and their caregivers.

The Streets for Kids program aims to help improve the lives of kids in cities. To do so, we inspire leaders, inform practitioners, and empower communities to understand cities through the lens of children and their caregivers and to take action on their streets to ensure a cleaner, healthier, and safer future.

Since the program’s launch in 2018, GDCI’s Streets for Kids Program has partnered with over thirty cities to support this objective, starting with the publication of the award-winning child-focused design guide Designing Streets for Kids.  Since the launch of Designing Streets for Kids, the GDCI team has had the opportunity to partner more closely with cities around the world to bring these strategies and concepts to life. Our support to cities has come in various formats ranging from online training and interactive capacity building sessions to in-depth technical support to aid delivery of Streets for Kids-focused projects on the ground.

We want to see your Streets for Kids in action! Post about your work on Twitter or Instagram and tag @global.streets or use the hashtag #StreetsForKids.

2019-2021

GDCI applied child-focused strategies in 12 cities through streetscape transformations, workshops, and trainings. Four cities—Fortaleza, Brazil; Kigali, Rwanda; Santiago, Chile; and Tirana, Albania—were selected for in-depth technical assistance and training. Eight additional cities were awarded workshops, where we facilitated in-depth virtual training to advance child-focused street design. The selected cities were Cape Town, South Africa; Colima, Mexico; Kazan, Russia; Lima, Peru; Pasig City (Metro Manila), Philippines; Tbilisi, Georgia; Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; and Udaipur, India

2022

The GDCI team delivered the first Streets for Kids Leadership Accelerator, which built upon the successes of the program to date.  The Leadership Accelerator brought together 60 changemakers from 20 cities worldwide to participate in an eight-month virtual professional leadership program. The program also included the start of several self-paced online training courses open to industry practitioners.

2023

To carry forward the momentum generated through the Leadership Accelerator, 2023 focused on select implementation grants to help carry forward the vision of up to 10 Leadership Accelerator participant cities.


Streets for Kids News

World Children’s Day: Celebrating Streets For Kids

November 20, 2023

World Children’s Day: Celebrating Streets For Kids

See how our Streets for Kids projects are helping more kids and young people get to school and play safely, while also creating comfortable, healthy, and enjoyable spaces for their caregivers and the wider community.

Streets for Kids Workshop Inspires Chilean City Leaders

May 18, 2023

Streets for Kids Workshop Inspires Chilean City Leaders

Public officials and urban design and childhood development practitioners from Renca and Cerrillos municipalities in Santiago, Chile envision streets for kids through GDCI interactive workshop.


Streets for Kids is made possible by our funders.