by Svetlana | Dec 10, 2018 | Blog, ECD News
In 2012 Cotlands started its non-centre based early childhood development programme and has made play-based early learning opportunities available to 12 675 children in South Africa’s poorest communities through toy libraries and playgroups. The underlying premise of...
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 | Aug 7, 2015 | Blog
Ilifa’s early learning playgroup programme in the North West demonstrate the value of non-centre based early learning environments – especially for children who, for whatever reason, cannot access creches and day-care centres. The playgroup facilitators...