by Laura Brooks | Dec 3, 2020 | Blog, ECD News, Ilifa Insights, Lessons from the Field, Projects
The ECD COVID Response Project has always been as much about gathering lessons to feed into long-term systemic change in the ECD sector, as it is about shorter-term relief and support to individual ECD sites and the children they serve during the COVID-19 crisis....
by Laura Brooks | Nov 24, 2020 | Blog, Lessons from the Field, News, Projects
“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade”. This old saying seems apt in 2020, a year which many people are lamenting as one of the worst in living memory. Certainly is has been a tough year for all of us, not just in South Africa, but around the world. And the...
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...
