by Svetlana | Sep 6, 2018 | Blog, ECD News
Dlalanathi is a non-profit organisation based in Pietermaritzburg. It was established in the late 1990’s in response to children who experienced loss as a result of the AIDS pandemic that was devastating families in KwaZulu-Natal. At the time there were no services...
by Svetlana | Apr 17, 2015 | Blog, ECD News, News
Quality ECD services begin with trained and motivated practitioners. At the moment, skills supply is not meeting demand. In the Eastern Cape alone, the provincial development plan estimates that 30 000 caregivers and educators need to be trained to achieve universal...
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 5, 2014 | Blog
Sherri Le Mottee writes: Last week’s visit in India was quite sobering. After a colourful and hopeful time in the country, Kushku (my travel companion kindly ‘loaned’ to me by the Ministry of Women and Child Development) and I visited three Anganwadi centres in...
by Svetlana | Jun 27, 2014 | ECD News
This article published last week in the Lancet, discusses child development, growth and health outcomes achieved by adding an integrated cognitive stimulation/nutrition intervention for 0-2s on to a lay community health worker programme in rural Pakistan, as part of a...
