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Smile FM Interview: Giving babies a better start through maternal nutrition

Liezel Engelbrecht, Nutrition Strategy Lead for the Hold My Hand Accelerator at DGMT, spoke to Smile FM to unpack a new pilot in the Western Cape tackling one of South Africa’s silent crises: childhood stunting. With more than a quarter of children under five affected, the pilot focuses on improving maternal nutrition as a first […]

Op-ed: Ignoring child nutrition in South Africa can’t be the next big mistake

President Cyril Ramaphosa regrets that early childhood development (ECD) was not prioritised from the advent of democracy. At the Bana Pele Leadership Summit last month, he turned to Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube and said: “I’m the first in government to admit that we have made a mistake. We should have started with early childhood development […]

Op-ed: Peer-to-peer learning in early childhood development is a winning strategy

On a quiet Saturday morning, deep in the rolling green hills of the Wild Coast, a gathering of dedicated early childhood development (ECD) practitioners took place. Despite it being a weekend, 30 women and four men arrived to participate in a “community of practice” (CoP). Think of a CoP as a group of people who […]

Maternal Support Grant: It’s social justice

The Learning Lunch podcast explores ideas, approaches and social innovations – creating opportunity for non-profit organisations’ teams to discover what others are learning and space to reflect on what these insights might mean for their own strategy and programme implementation. Download takeaway instructions What comes to mind when you hear the term ‘social protection’? For […]

ENCA Interview: Pilot programme to support the nutrition of pregnant women

ENCA Interview: Pilot programme to support the nutrition of pregnant women

The Western Cape Health Department, in partnership with the DGMT, is running a maternal support programme focused on underweight, at-risk pregnant women and new mothers of low birth weight babies. Read more about the pilot here. David Harrison, CEO of the DG Murray Trust, spoke to ENCA. Watch the interview below.

Article: Community trusts are greening the future

Community trusts linked to renewable energy projects are designed to ensure a portion of profits benefits the locals. Otsile Bokamoso is an after-school educational organisation whose name means “The future is bright”. Based in Dealesville, a small mixed-farming town in Free State province, it provides academic support to learners in the foundation phase (grades one […]