by Rorisang Dire | Jun 13, 2024 | Blog, ECD News, News, Posts
Ilifa Labantwana and Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator collaborated on a project to explore the feasibility of catalytic funds to spur sustainable public and private investment and collaboration in early childhood development services in South Africa. The outcome...
by Ilifa Labantwana | Mar 20, 2024 | Blog, ECD News, News, Posts
This campaign is an initiative of the Real Reform for ECD Campaign. It is 30 years after democracy, and the government has yet to properly support and invest in our youngest children and the vital work of those who care for them. The period from 2024 to 2029 is our...
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 | Jun 18, 2019 | Blog
The Early Childhood Matters 2019 launched today and showcases advances in early childhood development. This document will be useful and of interest to anyone working to improve the health and wellbeing of babies, toddlers and their caregivers. The 2019 edition...
by Svetlana | May 15, 2019 | Blog
The Mikhulu Child Development Trust trains organisations to implement an evidence-based early childhood development (ECD) programme called “book-sharing”. Book-sharing is an interactive exercise shared between a young child (under 6) and an adult. Unlike when reading...