by Svetlana | 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 Svetlana | Oct 2, 2014 | Lessons from the Field, Publications
This brief provides an overview of the key findings and recommendations of a national survey of ECD training provided by selected public Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges conducted by Ilifa in 2013. It makes recommendations for developing...
by Svetlana | Sep 29, 2014 | Lessons from the Field, Publications
A review of private funding of early childhood development (ECD) was conducted in 2013 to better understand current funding sources, drivers and areas of focus. The survey targeted the largest corporates listed on the JSE, local and international foundations and...
by Svetlana | Sep 26, 2014 | Lessons from the Field, Publications
The early childhood development (ECD) non-profit (NPO) training sector is potentially a major resource for the scaling up of ECD in South Africa. Ilifa Labantwana commissioned a survey of 76 ECD Training NPOs that focus on services and programmes for children aged...
by Svetlana | Sep 12, 2014 | Lessons from the Field, Publications
This Lessons from the Field brief provides an overview of the Sinovuyo Caring Families Project which is being tested by Ilifa’s partners. The programme aims to contribute to the reduction of abuse and child maltreatment in South Africa through a mixed-methods approach...
by Svetlana | Jun 3, 2014 | ECD News, Lessons from the Field, Publications
This report provides an overview of the key findings of a 2013 systems and scoping exercise conducted by Ilifa in the Ugu district of KwaZulu-Natal. On the basis of this exercise, Ilifa puts forward a set of recommendations which will lead to the improvement of centre...
