Greater Soweto Association for Early Childood Dev.
@SowetoFor
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To position ECD services in marginalized communities as gateways for the provisioning of a holistic, inclusive, and quality ECD system by strengthening capacity
Johannesburg, South Africa
Joined May 2019
📢 Quality ECD breaks poverty cycles & is cost-effective! 🇿🇦 A R10b investment can ensure universal access—#Budget2025 must deliver! Read this Op-Ed by @IlifaLabantwana and @SmartStartSA: https://t.co/9e4kAakyHk ✍️Agree? Sign our open letter: https://t.co/MjUzzG32mD
#ECD
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At only 0.2% of government expenditure, investment in early childhood development programmes needs to increase if we are to realise the sector’s potential to create jobs, transform child outcomes and...
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Open Letter: Voices for South Africa’s Future- Keep the Over R10 Billion investment in our children and in our future https://t.co/poKBoiVdEA
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On 19 Feb, Min. Godongwana will table the #2025Budget. We are calling on gov to: ✅ Restore the value of the R17 ECD subsidy to R23 ✅ Subsidise ECD access for 1 million more children by 2027 ✅ Double ECD infrastructure and registration support to R300 million Read more 👇
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📢 Despite Pres. Ramaphosa's acknowledgment of the importance of ECD, no more than 0.1% of consolidated gov expenditure in the last 3 years was allocated to early learning, nutrition support, or caregiver support. The time to invest in ECD is NOW! Full statement below 👇🏽
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Reading for meaning starts with every child owning a book. 207 children's books were distributed to 69 parents who attended our Caregiver Learning through Play workshop in Kokotela informal settlement near Lawley (South West of Johannesburg) @bookdash @NtataiseSA @playpwap
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PLEASE SHARE WITH EVERYONE IN THE SECTOR!!! Practitioners are being unfairly scammed, we need to stop this crime.
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Empowering young minds! Despite efforts to formalize ECD, many kids in Freedom Park still lack learning resources. We're partnering with Sawabona Africa & @SowetoFor to change that!💡 For 2 weeks, we're training 12 ECD centres to transform learning through play. #ECD
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📰[PRESS RELEASE] Real Reform for ECD calls on the @DBE_SA to implement a tried and tested national ECD nutrition programme. We are encouraged to see that nutrition provision is a high priority on the DBE's agenda. THREAD BELOW👇 [1/7]
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More than 2k children in the Greater Soweto region & the periphery stand a good chance of owning 3 books per child, thanks to the donation of children’s books we received today from @bookdash. Books will be distributed to parents through our #CaregiverLearningThroughPlay Program
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Congratulations Mr. President @CyrilRamaphosa @PresidencyZA in your inauguration as the country's President. Our plea, being the ECD constituency in Soweto and the periphery, is that you institute the Ministry of Youth & Early Childhood Development
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I met this hardworking South African in Grayston drive. The company name is Coffee on Grayston, his number is 0670265999 for anyone who wants to book his services. South Africans are NOT lazy !!! Reduce unemployment by giving South Africans employment & business opportunities !
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@fopminui @MattWallace888 The problem with having a good heart is people think you're stupid. They may think they played you. The whole time they played themselves out of a good person. Sometimes people pretend you are a bad person so they don't feel guilty for the things they did to you. #bewise
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⚠️ ALERT: THE SA WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WARNING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN GAUTENG ON TUESDAY!!!
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#ECD #learningthroughplay @CityofJoburgZA With the giving week approaching #givingweek2023, help us strengthen the ECD cause in the Greater Soweto Region and the surroundings by simply clicking this link to make donation https://t.co/CXjsLvxHID link:
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Child malnutrition in the Eastern Cape ‘qualifies as a disaster’ https://t.co/XthSydd4NH
#GrowOurNation #FeedOurFuture
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Child malnutrition in the Eastern Cape should be declared a disaster in terms of the Disaster Management Act, says the SA Human Rights Commission.
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Comfort Lebese-Nkosi CEO of @CLKLebese taking ECD Principals through a process of being able to identify real from bogus architects during our today's quarterly Capacity Building Meeting @NtataiseSA @DBE_SA @The_DSD @CityofJoburgZA
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ECD Principals asking questions and making contributions to the consultative process on @EcdReform #RightToNutrion at our today's quarterly Capacity Building Meeting @NtataiseSA @The_DSD @DBE_SA @domore_org @CityofJoburgZA
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Joys and smiles were in the faces of ECD Principals who are part of the ECD Hub as they were presented with First Aid Kits at our today's quarterly Capacity Building Meeting. This was all made possible by @Netcare911_sa @NtataiseSA @The_DSD @DBE_SA
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The Greater Soweto team ready to tackle human and child trafficking by its horn by empowering potential victims. Thanks to A21 and the training they provided on #EarlyChildhoodPreventionProgramme
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