According to the Ministry of Education (MINED), there are more than 855,000 children in Cuba under the age of 6 amongst whom 99.5% are enrolled in early childhood education.

In Cuba, about 400 children without family protection are currently living in institutions (homes for children without family protection). These institutions are governed by the Ministry of Education, particularly through the Departments of Pre-School and Special Education.

Operation Peter Pan (or Operación Pedro Pan) was a clandestine exodus of over 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban minors ages 6 to 18 to the United States over a two-year span from 1960 to 1962.

2019年4月29日 · The program was designed to protect Cuban children whose parents were being targeted by Fidel Castro’s new regime—and to shield them from the Communist ideologies feared by the U.S. at the ...

Cuba has adopted a holistic approach to early childhood development (ECD), providing children under six and their families with a system of integrated services that aims to promote the best start in life for all children and the maximum development of each child’s potential.

2024年10月8日 · From 1960 to 1962, over 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban children left their homeland in what became the largest recorded unaccompanied child refugee exodus in the Western Hemisphere, later popularly known as "Operation Pedro Pan."

Percentage of children under age 5 whose births are registered. Percentage of women (aged 20-24 years) married or in union before age 18. Percentage of children (aged 5-17 years) …

“Operation Pedro Pan: The Cuban Children’s Exodus 60 Anniversary,” explores the journey taken by the Pedro Pans whose parents looked to the United States of America as a beacon of hope.

Between the autumn of 1960 and October of 1962, the parents of more than fourteen thousand Cuban children made the difficult decision to send their children alone to the United States, where a young Irish immigrant priest, Father Bryan O. Walsh, arranged for them to be cared for by U.S. foster homes and in Catholic children’s homes and ...

Havana, November 20, 2023 - This November 20 we commemorate World Children’s Day. In such a complex global scenario, UNICEF Cuba makes an urgent call for action to protect the rights of children and adolescents around the world. The date commemorates the 1989 adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, ...