Opportunity 7: Implementation Experience
Learning Brief: Messages for Mothers
In a unique response to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa, Messages for Mothers (M4M) aims to provide answers to mothers’ pressing questions about the coronavirus – and its impact on their families. In this learning brief, we look at the factors that contributed to M4M’s rapid formation, as well as the lessons learnt when […]
Posted on 18 Aug 2020
Building communities free of violence
Violence against children has long-term effects that impact not just the development of our children, but the development of our nation. A costing study commissioned by Save the Children South Africa estimated that early exposure to violence during childhood resulted in the loss of R238-billion in human capital – the equivalent to 6% of the […]
Tags: Build simple loving connections for every child, Caregivers, child abuse, Child vulnerability, Clowns without Borders, Communities free of violence, Family Support Programmes, Hands-on Learning, Learning Brief, Opportunity 7, PATCH, Prevention of fatal child abuse, Simple loving connections, Violence, Violence against children
Posted on 10 Jul 2019
Be inspired: A beautiful short film on the importance of the bonding in the first 1000 days
Have a look at this lovely short film recently released by the Ububele Educational & Psychotherapy Trust: “The first 1000 Days of Life, from conception to age two, is the most important time in a child’s life,” says Tony Hamburger, Executive Director of Ububele Educational & Psychotherapy Trust, which produced the film together with Bloom & Stone. […]
Tags: Early Childhood Development, ECD, Ububele
Posted on 29 May 2015
Working with government services: Lessons from the Perinatal Mental Health Project
The Perinatal Mental Health Project (PMHP) develops and advocates for accessible maternal mental health care that can be delivered effectively at scale in low resource settings. Working within public health facilities, they hope to demonstrate the need for maternal mental health services within the state health and welfare system, and to provide a model of […]
Posted on 2 Jun 2014
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 […]
Tags: Enabling Communities, Inclusive, Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Posted on 31 Jan 2013
Reflecting on models of support for children in places of safety: Give a Child a Family
In 2011, the DGMT began to reflect more deeply on models of support for children in places of safety. We were particularly interested in models that have a strong focus on reintegrating children back into communities, as well as, on the provision of long-term post-placement support. Through a grant made to Give a Child a […]
Tags: Enabling Communities, Family Reunification Programmes, Inclusive
Posted on 1 Jun 2012
