Presented by Jodie Fonseca

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Looking at the World through the Eyes of Young
Children
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ECD The Gap . . . and the Window
Ages 0-2 ANC/PNC CSH IMCI PMTCT PedART
Ages 5-8 Primary School SHN
Ages 3-5 ECD Centers Parenting Education Home
Mentoring
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One Model in Africa Community Based-Childcare
Centers

• Genesis of CBCCs
• OVC committees felt the need to provide care
  support to children and respite for caregivers
• Typically for children ages 3-5
• Links to homes and external services
• Funding from USG, UNICEF, private donors
• Increasing focus on ECD quality standards

Ethiopia Uganda Mozambique
Malawi
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ECD Program Road Map Mozambique
Govt Outreach
Community Mobilization Center Construction
Volunteer Identification, Training Support
Scale-up
Parenting Education Service Linkages
ME and Advocacy
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Govt Outreach
Community Mobilization Center Construction

• I didn't have the opportunity to go beyond grade
  3. My children went much further than me. As for
  my grandchildren, I hope they will attend the
  university.
• -Fabiao Sitoe, Community Leader, age 70

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Volunteer Identification, Training Support

• 5-day basic training
• Practical application of skills
• Learning from the childs perspective
• Followed by in-service support

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Volunteer Identification, Training Support
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Use of Art and Local Materials
Volunteer Identification, Training Support
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Parenting Education Service Linkages

• Appreciative methodology, building on strengths
• Modules with topics such as
• Building communication and literacy
• Positive discipline
• Nutrition and stimulation
• Learning through play

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ME

• Partnership with World Bank on impact evaluation
• Range of instruments
• Ages Stages
• Picture Peabody Vocabulary Test
• Early Development Instrument
• Household Survey

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Advocacy

• Unclear ownership of ECD
• Many small and uncoordinated programs
• ECD working group
• Ministry of Education plans to pilot a
  pre-primary year
• Potential to reach 600,000 5-year-old children
  per year

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Everyone Has a Role to Play
Community Land Labor Materials Volunteers IGAs Nut
rition Service Links
Donors Resources Advocacy
Govt Strategies Standards Curricula Training Suppo
rt Infrastructure Materials Service Links
NGOs / UN Pilots Comm-Govt Links Capacity- Buildin
g Technical Expertise ME Advocacy
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Scale-up
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ECD and HIV/AIDS Linkages
HIV Prev
VCT
ECD Program
PMTCT
HBC
ART
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Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better. It's not.
Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
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Thank you!
Contact Jodie Fonseca jfonseca_at_savechildren.org