Early Childhood Development in Africa
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This document summarizes early childhood development efforts in Africa. It discusses the implementation of an ECD model in South Africa that supports over 20,000 children across 272 preschools. It also outlines advocacy, fundraising, and support efforts in the US, Europe, and across Africa to expand ECD programs that provide preschooling, nutrition, parenting support and more to vulnerable young children. The document calls for expanded partnerships and funding to replicate successful ECD interventions in more countries and increase their impact for children in need.
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- 2. “Their angels always see the face of my Father in heaven”. Matthew 18:10
- 3. James 1:27 – Look after orphans in their distress Proverbs 31 – Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves Isaiah 1:17 - Defend the cause of the fatherless and widows “And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.” Matthew 18:5 Scriptures teach us that children need our compassion & justice…
- 5. Every child has the right to grow up healthy, be stimulated and nurtured, and to live without fear, isolation, or violence.
- 6. OUTLINE • BACKGROUND: ECD & AFRICA • IMPLEMENTATION: SOUTH AFRICA • SUPPORT: AFRICA • ADVOCACY & FUNDRAISING: USA & EUROPE
- 7. • Poverty; • Poor health including HIV/AIDS; • Malnutrition and stunting • High levels of family and environmental stress and exposure to violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation; • Inadequate levels of care, nurturing, and learning opportunities. Millions of young children will not reach their full developmental potential because they grow up facing a broad range of risk factors, most notably;
- 8. What is Early Childhood Development? Early childhood development (ECD) is: all of the things a young child needs to grow up with a strong, healthy body and brain love, health care, good nutrition for mother and child, care and learning through play and stimulation, access to preschool, water and sanitation, and more.
- 9. STUNTING DUE TO POOR NUTRITION COUNTRY % Stunted Botswana 31% Cote d’Ivoire 20% Kenya 26% Mozambique 47% South Africa 24% Zambia 40% Zimbabwe 28% 40% of children in Africa are stunted Poor brain and body development Poor health Reduced school attendance Diminished earning capacity (22%)
- 10. LIMITED STIMULATION & EARLY LEARNING COUNTRY At Preschool Botswana 18% Cote d’Ivoire 7% Kenya 74% Mozambique Low South Africa 50% Zambia Low Zimbabwe 42% Only 25% of eligible children attend preschool
- 11. LITTLE SUPPORT FOR PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN Poor parenting can alter brain chemistry and architecture in ways that reverse positive development not just for the immediate generation, but subsequent generations as well
- 12. Africa Sites Caring for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (172,000) Expanding ECD at existing sites (20,000+)
- 13. SOUTH AFRICA: IMPLEMENTATION OF MODEL VISION A South Africa where every young, vulnerable child gets the best possible start in life MISSION Transforming the lives of young children, their households and communities through: Compassion Collaboration Capacity
- 14. HWW SA: Highlights: 2017 Supporting 272 Preschools in 6 provinces 72 preschool teachers trained and accredited 105 Active Parent Support Groups & assisting over 3,000 parents 6 Toy & Book libraries opened nationally with 55 Active Play Groups Total number of children benefitting = Nearly 20,000
- 15. New Province launch with Walmart, KFC and government PRESCHOOL CENTER STRENGTHENING
- 16. AFRICA 2015 -2017: Providing Technical Assistance, Grant Management, Fundraising support • REACH: Caregivers trained: 5,012, Support Groups: 241, children served: >29,566 ECD • Annual Country Directors Meetings • Training in ECD for Country Programs • Grant support to Mozambique: awarded a FHI grant • Funding support to countries: Zimbabwe & Mozambique
- 17. USA AND EUROPE • Fundraising: • Individuals, Communities, Corporations, Foundations • Superheroes For Africa Walk/Run/Golf Tour • ‘Hope For Africa’ Team • ‘Adopt a Church’ programs • Mozambique - Austin, Texas • Zambia - Thames Valley, UK • Burundi – Geneva, Switzerland • Togo – Lyon, France • Ivory Coast – Paris, France
- 18. DEVELOPMENT & VOLUNTEERING E-TAG (To Adapt, Evaluate, and Replicate ECD Model) E-Dev Team (To Package and Promote Model) Media & Marketing Team Microsoft Hack-a-thon Country Directors Mtg: April 2018 Compassion Tour: June 2018 Hope Singles Corps: Oct/Nov 2017
- 19. NEEDS FOR AFRICA Grant Researcher/Writer Expanded Corporate Partnerships in USA and Europe Marketing Analytics and Improved Social Media Funding For Zimbabwe and Mozambique Visits by HOPEww Board and Church Leaders
- 20. PLANS FOR 2017 Finalize ECD Model for replication in Africa Expand ECD model to West Africa (200/50/20) Mobilize 4 new Corporate partners (2 USA; 2 in SA) Raise an additional $100,000 Increase donor base primarily through monthly individual giving and through events Pilot ECD Parenting training in the US (Columbia, SC). Connect more European Churches with Africa Programs
- 22. Making a Difference Our 2020 vision: Impact the lives of more than 25,000 parents and young children across our churches and neighboring communities through this program
Editor's Notes
- The bible is full of passages about God’s heart for children.
- And God calls us to have his heart and respond to children – especially those in need with compassion and justice.
- A great African statesman who was also known to have a deep love for children once said..
- We strongly believe that Every child has the right to grow up healthy, be stimulated and nurtured, and to live without fear, isolation, or violence.
- And so much of our work in Africa – has focused on children, vulnerable children, forgotten children. Especially on young children and on their early development
- And yet the reality is that millions of young, children in Africa are not going to reach their full developmental potential because they are being born in difficult and challenging circumstances. The tragedy is that these challenges and poor outcomes for children become intergenerational. So, we have a collective responsibility to break this cycle.
- Young children are amongst the most vulnerable. And what happens in early childhood will last a lifetime. When we talk about early childhood development we mean
- And yet we know that many young children in Africa but around the world suffer from malnutrition that leads to stunting, and stunting has a tremendous impact on brain and body development and health. So it is vital children get the right nutrition from birth.
- Children need access to quality learning and stimulation and yet only 25% of children who should be at preschool are attending because of poverty or because preschools just aren’t there.
- We know that parents are a child’s first and more important teacher. We also know that there is very little in place to support parents - even though Research is telling us that Poor parenting can alter brain chemistry and architecture in ways that reverse positive development not just for the immediate generation, but subsequent generations as well. So it is vital that we act early.
- And so we have looked to support these children through Children's programs and, seeing how it is vital that we start as early as possible, we have developed and expanded through our ECD programs that have been implemented in a number of countries
- In SA, the challenges young children face have informed our vision and mission and in SA our ECD program focuses on supporting and capacitating preschools and parents to provide a nurturing and stimulating environment for children. We also have a large feeding program
- As as aa quick update. We are supporting preschools with a range of support and services, some with infrastructure, and materials, and teacher training and all with nutritional support. For parents we are running curriculm-based support groups as well as Toy and book libraries with support all though a special partnership with Walmart, and we are feeding over 19,000 children on a monthly basis with nutritious food thanks to KFC support. I will be sharing more in Saturdays session.
- We want to thank all of you for your help and your interest in expanding these programs.