Early Childhood Development Centre

The biggest need identified and communicated by the Griekwastad community is the lack of enough Early Childhood Development (ECD) opportunities for the many pre-school children in the town. This is the reason for the first program of Voetspore van Hoop being implemented, being the Early Childhood Development Centre (ECD Centre) which opened its doors in April 2018.
40 Children between the ages of 3 and 5 years are currently enrolled at the centre and we have a growing waiting list of 30 children. We desperately need to prepare 2 more classrooms and appoint 2 more ECD practitioners in order to address this immediate need and to accommodate the children on the current waiting list.

Our children are don't only receive quality ECD education, but proper nutrition is just as important part for their development. Children enrolled in our ECD centre receives 2 balanced meals and 2 snacks every day. The produce from our own vegetable gardens and chicken coops is of great value in this regard. 

We are using the Caritas Kinderland learning plan curriculum and are supported, monitored and evaluated by the dedicated team from Caritas Community Focus. The team from Caritas are well experienced in providing support to ECD  Centres as they have more than 15 ECD's in the Northern Cape to whome they are providing support services.