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Early childhood care and development Plan’s goal: Children realise their right to a healthy start in life and early learning. Plan supports a range of programmes to reduce newborn and maternal mortality, to increase child survival, and to support the healthy development of children into adulthood. These include initiatives to prevent and combat specific avoidable childhood illnesses. We promote good nutrition, early child development and early education, providing support for parents and caregivers. We work with our partners to improve access to quality primary healthcare and social services for mothers, children and young people. 18 © Plan ‹ Guatemala has high child-malnutrition rates. As part of a food security project, Plan has trained mothers to prepare nutritious meals for their families
Plan’s global spend in 2012 €97 million Vietnam Young children and parents play and learn together High in the mountains of Quang Tri, in northern Vietnam, a group of children under five are learning through play – and so are their parents. Through games, singing Vietnamese songs, dancing and reciting poems, the children develop new skills, while their parents learn the best ways to play with their children. In a country with few preschool programmes, and a tradition of learning by rote, Plan has developed a child-centred, bilingual approach to preschool provision specially tailored to members of minority ethnic groups whose mother tongue is not Vietnamese. Each playgroup hosts more than 100 parents and 130 children, who come together twice a month. Twenty-one Plan-trained early childhood care and development teachers and community volunteers facilitate activities tailored to different age groups, using toys, posters and hygiene accessories provided by Plan. Key information and childcare practices are reinforced through home visits by ECCD promoters. So far, 17,000 children from birth to the age of six, from seven communities in the area, have benefited from the scheme. “Now, I spend more time playing with my six-month-old boy,” says one mother. “The ECCD promoters also advise me on how to keep children clean and safe.” Uganda Early childhood centres give children a head start Few Ugandan children have access to early childhood care – especially in marginalised communities. As a result, many of these children struggle in school, which means they risk dropping out or leaving school with not enough learning to continue in education or get work. In 2009, Plan began supporting communitymanaged early childhood centres in 16 marginalised communities, using an approach called Community-Led Action For Children. Community members provide the space, labour and local materials, and contribute to the curriculum, as well as recruiting teachers and forming management committees. Plan provides on-site supervision and support in lesson planning and delivery, plus a small stipend to 88 teachers (68 of whom are female). The scheme also runs parenting sessions on issues ranging from literacy to effective, non-violent discipline. So far, 647 children (including 319 girls) have enrolled directly from the centres into grade 1. Thanks to the high demand, in just three years the number of centres has grown from the initial 16 to 65. “When my children moved on to primary school,” says one mother, “they could write properly. When the teacher asked them their names, they didn’t shy away like beginners. I’m proud that my children acquired social skills that enable them to express themselves.” Guatemala Mothers learn to protect against malnutrition Doña Olga, 31, left school in the fifth grade. Today she runs a community childcare centre in her hillside home in Alta Verapaz for 22 mothers and their children aged up to 6, every Saturday morning. Doña Olga was prepared for the role by Plan’s Networks for Children project, run with the Organization of Ibero-American States to help communities detect and prevent malnutrition. Despite progress in the last decade, Guatemala still has the highest rates of infant mortality in Central America, with 32 deaths in under-fives for every 1,000 live births, often due to chronic malnutrition. These self-managed community centres are being run in 80 communities in Guatemala that have little or no formal early childhood care provision. They are for mothers of children under six and led by local Caregiver Mothers, like Doña Olga, who are trained in nutrition, health and maternity care. This year, Plan advised 30,993 pregnant and lactating women on child care and breastfeeding, and 10,093 households participated in food education and demonstration activities promoted by Plan. We also trained 804 people working in hospitals and communities in caring for children’s nutrition. “I’m spreading what I’m learning,” says Doña Olga. “I learn it, I pass it on.” EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT 19
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