by Svetlana | Nov 17, 2017 | Blog
We are working with the National Department of Social Development and a number of organisations to improve the efficiency of the ECD Conditional Grant (ECD CG). There are four Technical Advisor positions open to work on the project at the National DSD offices in...
by Svetlana | Oct 13, 2017 | Blog, ECD News, Flagship Products, Ilifa Insights, Innovation Edge
We are proud to announce that we have launched the South African Early Childhood Review 2017 – our annual statistical review of more than 40 carefully selected data points measuring early childhood service delivery in South Africa across the five essential package...
by Svetlana | Oct 2, 2017 | Blog
Just over a decade ago, a senior official at national Treasury told me that government was “awash with money”. Not any more. Cost-cutting is the order of the day. Things are only going to get tighter after the medium-term budget policy statement on 25 October. We will...
by Svetlana | Sep 20, 2017 | Blog
The Seven Passes Initiative – a non-profit organisation working to prevent violence and to support and improve youth education and opportunities in Touwsranten in the Western Cape – runs an ECD-focused positive parenting programme, which helps increase...
by Svetlana | Aug 25, 2017 | Blog, ECD News, News, Projects
June was a big month for the SmartStart Early Learning Playgroups Programme in the North West. The programme reached a record 1400 children, who had previously not been able to access formal early learning services. And for us, that’s a cause for celebration. The...
by Svetlana | Aug 21, 2017 | Blog, ECD News, Innovation Edge
The ELOM (Early Learning Outcomes Measure) – South Africa’s first population level pre-school child assessment tool, which is funded by Ilifa Labantwana’s sister organisation the Innovation Edge – was started in 2015. Over a two year period the project...
