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Community Initiative for Social Enhancement Project Title : South Africa Early Childhood Development Project Project Location: Evaton, Gauteng Province in South Africa Projects Manager Tell: Fax: +27 765769040 + 27 8 6539 3641 Email: [email protected] Contact person: Aubrey Makata Projects Manager Submitted to: GLOBAL GIVING FOUNDATION Project Total cost: $49,000 (Reg no- NPO: 078-372) Project summary Community Initiative for Social Enhancement, CISE propose to implement the Cosmo City Early Childhood Development Project, the project aimed at Promoting early childhood development centers (Crèches) in disadvantaged communities (RDP Houses) that are running programs that are aimed at the physical, cognitive, emotional, spiritual and social development of children in Evaton. The target groups are children under nine (9) years around the Center that was constructed with support from Mr.Cindi Muzi. It is expected that the project will directly benefit about 140 children in the age bracket (0-9 years) attending to Early Childhood Development. Through the provision of a holistic support including training to the caregivers, educational equipment and materials, as well as nutritional support for the children to the 5 ECD Centres(Crèches) and providing parents and caregivers with skills and information to enable them promote the psychosocial, cognitive, and physical development of their children, the project goal will be achieved. Description of the implementing organizations. Community Initiative for Social Enhancement is a non-political, non-profit making nongovernmental organization formed in June 2009. CISE is registered in terms the Non-Profit Act, 1997 (Act 71 of 1997) CISE is also affiliated to many other local and international networks like Southern Africa Reflect Network (SARN), Global Campaign on Education (GCE), Africa Network Campaign on Education for All, and Public Participation Education Network (PPEN).The organization is currently in the steering committee for the South African Education Network which is in the process of establishment. CISE was formed with concerned young women and men on the increased cases of violence against girls, HIV and AIDS, Alcohol and drug abuse, and poor hygienic in the four shacks CISE consists of a Board of persons of high repute, which is responsible for general policy direction and guidance. Besides having Board of Directors to give policy direction, the day-to-day management of Community Initiative for Social Enhancement (CISE) is the responsibility of the Secretariat. The Secretariat is youth run and highly professionals, carefully scrutinized to take control of meticulous planning and implementation process who also sharing the same passion. The synergetic and balance of the overall management, finance and administration, programme expertise is considered in selection of professionals. CISE is one of the community based funded and youth run organization with a good combination of young professionals. Vision A society free from chronic poverty in which human rights especially girls/women’s rights, gender based violence and HIV/AIDS cases have been significantly reduced while fostering (Reg no- NPO: 078-372) communities with health committed who effectively participate and respond to the needs of national development in a free, non violent and conducive environment. Mission Statement Empower youth, women and children, to actively address issues of violence, alcohol and drug abuse, hygiene and to provide support to people infected and affected with AIDS; through behavioral change advocacy, community care services, life skills empowerment and promotion of children’s, women/girls rights for sustainable livelihood. Objectives To enhance the awareness on the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse among young people and the communities at large. To promote positive youth, women and child development through counseling, life skills, leadership and entrepreneurship development; To safeguard, promote and protect human rights with particular reference to the rights of women and children; To provide social and economic support services for abused and victimised women and children at community level To provide care and support to those affected and infected with HIV/AIDS including people living with HIV/AIDS and orphans. To protect environment and other issues contribute to the climate change and mitigate its impact Programs already implemented Project back ground The Early Childhood Development Project has been designed after conducting a Needs Assessment in the Early Childhood Development Centres in Evaton. There are over 30 ECD Centres (Crèches) in Evaton. CISE conducted a Needs Assessment for the ECD Centres in 18 of the centre around its offices in Evaton .Bellow are the issues mostly raised by the ECD practitioners. Lack of qualified teachers/caregivers, of all the centres visited there is only 1qualified teacher per school with level 1. Only 3 care givers with level 4. Poor nutritious diet, this is the major problems facing the ECD Centres in Cosmo City. Lack of resource that include, Mattresses and covers; dishes and spoons, kitchen appliances, tables, chairs, outdoor play equipment, educational toys, baby cots, fire extinguishers, first aid equipment, numeracy and literacy books, story books in English and Xhosa. Lack of community participation and poor coordination among ECD practitioners Most of the ECD Centres are not registered to the Department of Social Services and do not have the Heath certificate from the MoH as stipulated in the ECD Guidelines. It is against this background that CISE intend to embark on this project in order to improve the ECD services in Evaton by providing the knowledge through training of caregivers, provision of resources and nutritious food and promote community and family participation in ECD initiatives. (Reg no- NPO: 078-372) Children born into poverty are less likely to receive adequate cognitive stimulation, nurturing or nutrition and are more likely to suffer from chronic health problems, perform poorly in school and drop out of school at high rates. As future adult participants in the labor market, they are able to perform only unskilled jobs and earn the lowest wages. When they have children, the cycle of inherited poverty is repeated. Children who participate in ECD programs are healthier, attain higher rates of education, are less likely to become involved in crime, and have greater employment opportunities in later life. ECD is a mechanism by which the cycle of inherited poverty can be broken. Target group/ project beneficiaries Many South African children face considerable barriers to learning. poverty, poor facilities, overlarge classes, a lack of facilities and resources, illness and family problems. And with so many of their parents struggling with illiteracy and poverty, the learning environment at home and in the community is less than ideal. Evaton is under-resourced when it comes to number and quality of Early Childhood Development centres. The informal settlements residents where this project will target are extremely poor, with overwhelming unemployment levels. The majority of children are vulnerable and there is a lack of knowledge about the benefits and aims of Early Childhood Development. Despite the national mandate to introduce Grade R in primary schools, the majority of children under six years of age do not have access to any preschool education. In these under-resourced communities, Early Childhood Development practitioners have little access to quality training and resources. The project will target five (5) ECD Centres and the constructed Centre.. It is expected that the project will directly reach over 140 under nine children attending to the ECD. The project intend to builds the capacity of the teachers/caregivers, improves the circumstances of the children and provides communities with quality Early Childhood Development Centers that are long-term beacons of community development Aims and Objectives Overall Goal Promote early childhood development centers (Crèches) in disadvantaged communities (RDP Houses and informal settelments) that are running programs that are aimed at the physical, cognitive, emotional, spiritual and social development of children in Evaton. Objectives 1 To provide a holistic support including training to the caregivers, educational equipment and materials, as well as nutritional support for the children to the 5 ECD Centres(Crèches) in Evaton. Objective 2 To providing parents and caregivers with skills and information to enable them promote the psychosocial, cognitive, and physical development of their children aged 0-9 years through awareness (Reg no- NPO: 078-372) Activities Conduct a refresher training course for those that are trained in ECD , refresher course play a role in the further upgrading of skills, it will promote knowledge and practical skills that will enable 5 Early Childhood Development practitioners to effectively manage day-to-day programmes at their centres. Conduct community awareness campaigns on the importance of ECD and children’s rights Conduct monthly caregivers meetings, this will help the to discuss different issues as regard to ECD and promote collaboration. The meeting will not only involve the five targeted ECD but all the 28 ECD Centres through the Evaton ECD providers forum Provide daily nutritious meals to the targeted five ECD Centres, the organisation will provide the food items only monthly basis that will include maize mill, milk, sugar etc Provide the targeted Centres with teaching and learning materials, equipments i.e. fire extinguishers, first aid kit and assist in improving the infrastructural facilities by providing the targeted Centres with children’s playing jingles. To provide direct assistance with the registration process with the Departments of Social Services and Education. Registration allows the centers to receive government subsidies which enable the centers' long-term growth and self sustainability. Project Implementation Monitoring and evaluation Monitoring and evaluation will be treated as part of project management. This means that it is going to be an on going process with as much beneficiaries participation as possible. Key decisions on use of funds for the project will be taken by the Board and will be directly monitored at that level. CISE has a continuous monitoring and evaluation protocol which includes registers, reports, discussions and questionnaires that include community caregivers and parents. Vigilant visits will be maintained by the CISE staff who will be in the community and ECD Centers to make sure that all the caregivers are fulfilling their plans and adhere to the National Early Childhood Development Guidelines. The Project Management Team will be responsible to Board that is available to give logistical and policy support to the project activities. Reporting to the Board will be quarterly and bimonthly to CISE executive in order for members of the Project Management Team to meet and review their progress. Generally and in particular, examine the kind of impacts the objectives are having to the beneficiaries The finance Officer will keep all financial records. Each quarterly narrative report represent to the donor will be accompanied by financial report, using the Childhood reporting standards. Collaboration During the implementation of this project, collaborative agreements with the other stakeholders in ECD activities will be given a priority. Consultations already done has shown that Philipe Foundation, Oasis South Africa, Joint Aid Management and the department for social (Reg no- NPO: 078-372) development are potential partners because they can potentially provide means that we might perhaps not afford and proper planning of these organizations will avoid duplication of work. Technical supervision by the African Congress on Early Childhood Development and the Department of the Social Development. Their linkage in the project activities is very vital to sustainability of the proposed project. There involvement in the planning phase needs to be further encouraged during implementation and evaluation of the project. Thus these two partners will be providing technical support and advice. Sustainability The impact of the training is lasting and sustainable as it directly builds and develops human capital and resources. It is expected that all the targeted ECD Centers will be registered to the Department of social services. Registration allows the centers to receive government subsidies which enable the centers' long-term growth and self sustainability. Because of the good quality and services that the targeted Centers will provide through this project, the government will automatically register them. Besides CISE is a well recognized and registered NGO in South Africa. Linkages with government and other institutions, specifically, the South African Congress on Early Childhood Development and the Department of social Development are going to continue giving technical and other necessary support to the project activities when it phases out after 12 months. (Reg no- NPO: 078-372)