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ECD celebrate a year of achievements
The Early Childhood Development Forum (Southern District) held its annual year end function on Saturday November 15 at Thornbirds Conference Centre, Eikenhof.
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EIKENHOF – Samantha Retief (ECD Forum Southern District chair), thanked Thornbirds for hosting the event, and all the principals and stakeholders for their input during the year.
![Samantha Retief and Skupien (PR officer ECD).](https://images.caxton.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2014/11/1449kecd2-Custom-423x280.jpg)
She welcomed Vanessa Mentor from the ECD Institute Gauteng Department of Education and asked her to say a few words to the guests. “I am in awe of good early childhood development and I don’t think there are many callings which are more honourable than that of a teacher,” she said.
![Refelwe Shadune (Environmental Health practioner), Vanessa Mentor, Shalin Bidassey (Environmental Health practioner) and Bev McBride (Training and Development).](https://images.caxton.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2014/11/1449kecd3-Custom-423x280.jpg)
The afternoon was enjoyed by all who attended and a delicious lunch was served after the speeches.