Developing new opportunities for youngsters
COSMO CITY – Establishing a project for quality early childhood education.
COSMO CITY – The MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet community loyalty programme has launched a new partnership with the Grow with Educare Centres project.
The reason for the partnership is to establish 21 high-quality early childhood development (ECD) centres in under-resourced communities of Cape Town and Gauteng, over the next two years. They have five-million rand of funding available for this project. This is one of MySchool’s biggest commitments to a single project yet.
Grow with Educare’s unique model takes a multi-faceted approach to solving the ECD crisis in South-Africa in a sustainable and scalable way. The organisation is establishing a successful chain of ECD centres in the under-resourced communities. These centres are managed by independent principals with trained, qualified teachers. They are also bringing a private school level ECD centres and sustainable job creation into communities where quality Educare is currently not accessible or affordable.
“Through the use of best practice principles such as social franchising, ongoing mentorship and both business and personal development, Grow with Educare is progressively helping the women who run Educare centres to move from a place of dependence to dignity,” said Tracey Chambers, CEO of Grow with Educare.
The general manager of MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet, Pieter Twine said, “MySchool welcomes the opportunity to partner with Grow and see 21 new high quality Grow Educare Centres get off the ground over 2019 and 2020. This is a project that brings together vital education and child care, as well as entrepreneurship, employment and sustainable community development.”
Facilities will be upgraded to meet mandatory ECD standards. Each school will also start the process of registration with the Department of Social Development.
Chambers added, “Grow is delighted to join hands with MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet and become a cause that matters to the loyal cardholders. We are in an important phase of building an aspirational brand using the best principles of franchising to boost education in the country. This enables us to manage and maintain the standards in Grow Educare Centres while business owners are empowered to earn a decent salary and also offer others gainful employment. By the end of 2019, our impact will include almost 1 900 learners across 77 classrooms in 52 schools in the Western Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, and 218 jobs will be created.”
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