STRATEGIC AREA

EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD)

STRATEGIC ISSUES

Inadequate friendly environment for early learning and stimulation is still a major challenge facing young children that hinders them to realize their full potential at their early stages of development in Tanzania.

STRATEGIC RESPONSE

To Increase access to quality Early Learning and stimulation services for young children 0-8 in Kagera Region with policy links and holistic service delivery by 2025

Early Childhood Development- ECD

STRATEGIES

1.1.1 To increase number of children completing pre-school education by 50% in all the 20 Day Care Centers operated by Tumaini Letu in order to prepare them for primary education. 70% of the participants will be orphans and most vulnerable children by December 2025

ACTIVITIES

To conduct baseline survey to determine number of children in need of kinder and pre- primary education

To conduct research and fact finding on the situation of kinder and pre- primary education in Kagera region

Procure and distribute education & playing materials to day care centers

Construction and renovation of day care centers

Construction of toilets and pit- latrines in Public and Community day care centers

Improvement and construction of play grounds in kinder and pre schools

To train Pre- school teachers on care and support of MVC, day care centre management and other pre-school related issues

To capacity building trainings on day care center management and pre- school teaching methodologies to the newly recruited pre- school teachers

To conduct capacity building training on day care management, roles and responsibility, networking, and collaborations to school committees

To conduct awareness creation meetings and stress the importance of kinder and pre-education to young children

To facilitate community and public school teachers with Para- professional course at Montessori Training College

To conduct community resources mobilization events for supporting ECD programs

To the identified most needy children from pre- school to primary and support them with school with school uniforms

Establishment of new day care centers

STRATEGIES

To increase community ownership and capacity to implement Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs and support children with disability

ACTIVITIES

To conduct awareness creation meeting on the importance of Early Childhood Development to community through the use of multimedia approaches

To mobilize communities to establish day care centers

To mobilize community members to contribute crops during post harvesting period to support ECD programmes within their communities.

Procure and distribute IEC materials on ECD and protection

To conduct base line survey for disabled children

Facilitate two pre- school teacher with special education

Support disabled children with special materials

Advocate for the rights of disabled children to LGAs

Establishment of stimulation, play groups and kids clubs in communities

Train Para- professionals on kids club management

Support kids clubs and play groups with playing materials

To organize fundraising session

Resource mobilization from community and other stakeholders on establishment of ECD centers and services delivery