A celebration of 10 years’ achievements in early childcare development
SANDTON – In the past 10 years, the foundation has helped over 1 000 women become Early Childcare Development practitioners.
The Asha Trust, which focuses on early childcare development, celebrated their achievements over the past ten years in Sandton and announced its name change to the Early Care Foundation.
The trust has assisted in developing early childcare development for over 70 years. As the country and the communities in which Asha works has changed substantially over the years the name change will symbolise the growth and development of the organisation.
Director of the foundation, Deirdre Caulwell said that originally the trust had been operating as a fundraising tool and its involvement in the early-childcare development sector only become more active in the last 10 years. “We realised that the way forward was not in building hundreds of buildings, we looked at what was happening organically in communities and we found hundreds of thousands of backyard crèches… so we felt that as there is such a huge need, should we not be supporting them?”
The motivation to better equip the childcare minders with skills and knowledge to care for young children and ensure proper stimulation has ensured that young children will benefit for years to come. To date, more than a thousand women have become early childcare development practitioners which benefits more than 24 000 children across the country.
Head of Abazanyana Educare, Mmabatho Bowes received training from the foundation and said that while it had been challenging at first she had learned so much through the training which has not only allowed her to better care for young children but also empower other women and grow her business.
“I’ve learned the skills to develop a child holistically, which is the greatest asset I have. Now I am proud of what I do because I know that I might not be in the corporate world but I can make sure that, with the skills I have, I can produce more actuaries, scientists, accountants and teachers etc.”
Dr Tshepo Motsepe, first lady of South Africa and the chairman of the trust concluded, “By these children reaching their full potential, we are also securing our future.”
Details: Early Care Foundation 011 463 0551.
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