China (Shanghai)

Shanghai girl with Zippy

Zippy's Friends aims to help young children, but in Shanghai it is also having a remarkable impact on parents. There was some initial resistance from parents who wanted their children to have more academic studies, but they changed their minds when they noticed improvements in their children's behaviour and attitudes.

Zippy's Friends is being taught in the final year of kindergarten by specially trained teachers, and 54,515 children have been enrolled so far.

Shanghai is now our largest city programme anywhere in the world.

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Zippy's Friends in Shanghai

Launched 2006

• Schools and kindergartens this year 375

• Children this year 26,250

• Total children since launch 54,515

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> Read Shanghai parents' stories

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> Read about East China Normal University

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> Read about the launch of Zippy's Friends in Shanghai
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