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…
4.
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
21.
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
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.