by Svetlana | Feb 22, 2024 | Blog, ECD News, News, Posts
This statement was issued in partnership with the Real Reform for ECD Campaign. Despite the President’s signalling of ECD as a key priority in his State of the Nation Address, the 2024 budget failed to allocate the funds necessary to fulfil all children’s rights to...
by Svetlana | Apr 30, 2020 | Blog
THE ECD SECTOR MUST BENEFIT FROM STATE SUPPORT By Laura Brooks (Financing and Systems Manager at Ilifa Labantwana) and Sumaya Hendricks (Dialogue Analyst at the Nelson Mandela Foundation) The President’s bold commitment on the 21st of April of R500 billion to support...
by Svetlana | Apr 23, 2020 | Blog, ECD News
On 18th March, all Early Childhood Development operators were instructed by the Department of Social Development to close in order to prevent the spread and acceleration of Coronavirus infections. These included ECD centres, playgroups, and day mothers. A rapid survey...
by Svetlana | Oct 22, 2019 | Blog
Parenting programmes have been identified as an important strategy for preventing violence against children but there is a lack of programmes developed specifically for low-resource contexts. The Parenting for Lifelong Health programme was developed to fill this gap....
by Svetlana | Oct 4, 2019 | Blog
The National Department of Social Development, in partnership with Ilifa Labantwana, is seeking the services of a service provider who can assist in developing an Early Childhood Development Human Resource strategic workforce plan that will enable the ECD sector to...
