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...
by Svetlana | Aug 21, 2017 | Blog, ECD News, News, Parenting
The Sinovuyo Caring Families Programme, which was developed in the Western Cape and underwent a randomised control trial (RCT) supported by Ilifa Labantwana, is now being implemented in six countries outside of South Africa. The RCT, which ran from 2014 to 2016,...
by Satsiri Winberg | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog, ECD News
In 2015, Ilifa Labantwana funded, through Innovation Edge, the development of an Early Learning Outcomes Measure for South Africa. The measure – quickly dubbed the ELOM – was intended to provide all types of early learning programmes with a psychometric...
by Satsiri Winberg | Dec 7, 2016 | Blog, ECD News, Lessons from the Field, Publications
The Early Learning Playgroup Programme is an innovative public-private partnership, which trains government-contracted community workers in rural areas to run early stimulation playgroups for children aged 3 -5. The benefits for the children are access to a quality...
by Satsiri Winberg | Dec 5, 2016 | Blog, ECD News
The Department of Health is inviting comments on the it’s proposed Nutrition Guidelines for Early Childhood Development Centres. The full document is viewable here. Comments must be sent to Ms Rebone Ntsie by 9th December 2016...
