by Svetlana | Nov 19, 2018 | Blog, ECD News
Grow Great is a new campaign – the first of its kind – that aims to galvanise all of South Africa towards a national commitment to eliminate the silent epidemic of stunting by 2030 and to achieve a stunting free generation. Stunting is a condition that is...
by Svetlana | Nov 8, 2018 | Blog, ECD News
The voluntary association Book Dash – which gathers creative volunteers to develop new African storybooks that anyone can freely print, translate and distribute – is calling for assistance in their process of developing 10 new African storybooks...
by Svetlana | Nov 2, 2018 | Blog
In line with the National Development Plan vision and the National Integrated ECD Policy of achieving universal access to quality ECD services by 2030, the South African government is looking at different approaches to expanding various types of ECD programmes. To...
by Svetlana | Oct 18, 2018 | Blog, ECD News, Projects
In just over three years, SmartStart has trained over 3 500 people to fill the gap in early learning service provision by running playgroups – to the benefit of over 33 349 children across South Africa. SmartStart – founded in 2015 – is a social franchise that...
by Svetlana | Sep 19, 2018 | Blog, Parenting
Reading is an important form of stimulation and teaches babies and children about communication; introduces them to numbers, letters, colours and shapes; develops their listening, memory and vocabulary skills; and enables them to understand the world around them....
by Svetlana | Sep 6, 2018 | Blog, ECD News
Dlalanathi is a non-profit organisation based in Pietermaritzburg. It was established in the late 1990’s in response to children who experienced loss as a result of the AIDS pandemic that was devastating families in KwaZulu-Natal. At the time there were no services...
