Cape Talk Interview: The care economy is predominantly women-led. We should value their work.
The care economy is predominantly women-led. Why don’t we value their work in the same way we value male-dominated sectors? Clarence Ford speaks to Kentse Radebe, DGMT Innovation Director. Listen to the full interview below.
SmileFM Interview: Mandela Day – Championing Leaders in ECD
It is well-known that Nelson Mandela was both a formidable leader and committed to improving the lives of children, calling them our greatest asset. Developing the rich potential of South Africa’s children, Madiba said it begins with education. To honour the late state’s man on his birthday and every other day, South Africans must champion […]
Umhlobo Wenene Interview: Mandela Day – Championing Leaders in ECD
It is well-known that Nelson Mandela was both a formidable leader and committed to improving the lives of children, calling them our greatest asset. Developing the rich potential of South Africa’s children, Madiba said it begins with education. To honour the late state’s man on his birthday and every other day, South Africans must champion […]
2021 PIRLS Results – Can South Africa’s children read well?
The results of the 2021 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) were released on 16 May 2023. The disappointing results show that 81% of South Africa’s Grade 4 learners struggle to read for meaning. This is 3 percentage points higher than the results from 2016. South Africa is ranked last out of 57 countries. […]
Learning Brief: Think, Plan, Act and Adapt! Ilifa Labantwana’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Ilifa Labantwana’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic provides important lessons for civil society on how to respond to increased demand for social services from low-resource communities in rural and semi-urban areas. To read this learning brief, download a pdf here or read it magazine-style on ISSUU here. Download the full Hands-on Learning publication (Issue 22) […]
Exceptional story telling with Embrace
Storytelling can be used in the non-profit sector as a means of listening and sharing, gaining trust within your network and shaping how you move forward with your work. In this podcast, Embrace Movement for Mothers shares their unique best practices when it comes to storytelling and making the mother a powerful ally in their activism – not only in relation to the child but as a key player socially, economically and politically in South Africa.
Hands-on Learning Issue 18
Through our Hands-on Learning publication, we hope to play a helpful role in synthesising information from innovators and implementers in civil society, supporting them to share what they have learned so that others are able to draw from and build on their experiences. Read below a short synopsis of what you can find in Hands-on […]
Learning Brief: Breaking down the barriers to quality ECD
More than eight months after the closure of South Africa’s early childhood development (ECD) programmes in March 2020, the ECD sector is likely to be operating at less than a quarter of its pre-lockdown levels. This makes it even more imperative that we work to achieve universal access to quality ECD services, but crucial shifts […]
Learning Brief: How to restore — and maintain — the home as a site of learning
South Africa’s national COVID-19 lockdown forced us to reassess our homes as primary sites of learning. Many adults, however, felt ill-equipped to suddenly become their children’s educators. Rather than step back during the pandemic, many innovative non-profit organisations (NPOs) quickly stepped in to guide their beneficiaries through unchartered territory. In this learning brief, we look […]
Responding creatively to the ECD sector COVID crisis
The ECD Working Group of the C-19 People’s Coalition recently released a statement that the early childhood development (ECD) sector is at risk of being “decimated by government inadequacy” during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. That statement may appear harsh, but it holds a lot of water. The impacts of COVID-19 and the lockdown on the […]
