Exploring the factors that stimulate agency
In this learning brief Lucca Leadership South Africa looks at the factors that awaken and develop agency – the drive within an individual, organisation or community to make a difference that uplifts others around them in order to make the world a better place for all. They consider the key factors and barriers to creating […]
Improving children’s developmental outcomes through the Community Work Programme
The government’s Community Work Programme (CWP) provides regular, predictable part-time employment in communities where poverty is deep, endemic, and intractable, and where sustainable livelihoods are difficult to maintain. According to the early childhood development programme, ITEC, a percentage of CWP participants also have the inclination and skills to provide essential social services such as caring for […]
Tackling the registration issues experienced by unregistered child care facilities
The South African Children’s Act regulates the registration of what it terms child and youth care centres. Children in unregistered facilities often lack social work services, and thus miss out on opportunities to be reunified with their families, or to be fostered or adopted. Despite the undeniable benefits of registration, there are concerns that the […]
Tackling the challenge of intestinal worms: A rural ECD perspective
Intestinal worms and their impact on child health and development is a major health issue throughout the country but particularly in rural areas where lack of adequate sanitation and the large number of free roaming livestock and domestic animals exacerbate the problem. Through their early childhood development programme the Angus Gillis Charitable Trust is trying […]
How to develop a crèche in a poor and marginalised area
In this learning brief the Ekukhanyeni Relief Project describes the process of registering with the Department of Social Development (DSD) as a Place of Care to allow them to access enabling grants. There seems to be an either/or situation where crèches that cannot meet requirements for DSD registration are overlooked by government and in many […]
Assessing the ability of loveLife goGogetters to improve outcomes for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children
loveLife’s goGogetter programme aims to assist Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC) by changing the circumstances that add to their vulnerability. This is done by establishing and drawing on social networks and building social capital through elderly women called goGogetters. In 2011 a series of three case studies was done to establish whether the structured social […]