Fulfilling the Promise—Changing the Systems That Can Change the Lives of Children

Abstract

Policy Recommendations to Strengthen the Lives of Marginalized Children: This concluding section makes a series of 14 strong, precise recommendations that constitutes an actionable blueprint for players in the field of international children’s development. These recommendations consolidate the resources to address children’s issues, make their disbursement more impactful by developing systems to bring them to the community level, and raise awareness of the importance of caring for vulnerable children. There are ways to reach the Children of the Last Mile, but to do so requires a globally recognized plan of action to alleviate the ongoing circumstances that impact children across all sectors, that heightens the dialogue between players in the field, and creates a deeper public mandate to address these issues.