Author: lambert

Grabouw Schools' Project - Funded by Anglo American Chairman's Fund [gallery columns="5" link="file" ids="152,151,150"] This project focused on one school - Pineview Primary - whose principal requested our support in implementing the Foundations for Learning Project. Negotiation and some rope-walking were necessary to balance the school's need for a strong focus on Literacy and Numeracy activities with our need to work in a more holistic way. Our activities included hands-on training in classes, motivation and skills-training workshops for parents to enhance their ability to support their children's learning, and the introduction of our Activity Pack (translated into Afrikaans) to enhance pre- and early Literacy and Numeracy activities. This project had many highlights and we managed to build good relationships with the teachers and children. At the same time, it also…

Masiphumelele ECD Project Funded by the City of Cape Town & Nussbaum Foundation [gallery columns="5" link="file" ids="154,155,156"] This was an example of how a project can change significantly after consultation with community role- players. In the project proposal, the main focus was on the training of ECD practitioners in the use of role-play and toys in child development. With input from the community, the focus changed to working side-by-side with the Family and Community Motivators (trained by ELRU) to demonstrate to families, practitioners and motivators how play activities form an important role in development and intervention goals. The programme included practical sessions with the FCM workers of the community, as well as the parents and children in the original FCM programme. Some toys were provided and prepared for ongoing use…

Vredenburg Project - Funded by APD & the Emseni Trust [gallery columns="5" link="file" ids="159,160,161"] IESA & APD continued to collaborate throughout the 08/09 period on a project in Vredenburg, on the West Coast, to identify vulnerable and out-of-school children, investigating ways in which to support their access to the education system. Seed-funded by APD and subsequently supported by a grant from the Emseni Trust, the project was undertaken in close co-operation with the WCED, and included a door-to-door survey, interviews with a wide range of service-providers in the area, ECD training and tapping into existing support structures in the community. The focus of the activities during this year centered strongly on gaining a deeper understanding of the reasons for learners dropping out of school or never accessing school in a…