Research indicates that a child that does not receive the correct stimulation in the first five years has a 70% chance of being arrested for a violent crime and has less than a 30% chance of entering tertiary education. We know that the only way to give children from impoverished areas a fighting chance to hopefully join our skilled professionals down the line, is to help give them a good start in life with the correct Early Childhood Development.
In 2018, SHA decided to refocus its Social Economic Development (SED) strategy and have placed focus on Early Childhood Development (ECD) in impoverished areas, and have therefore joined forces with an NPO called Play-with-a-Purpose Educational Trust trading as Preschools 4 Africa (PWAP) who specialise in ECD.
Play-with-a-Purpose Educational Trust trading as Preschools 4 Africa is a South African social franchise. Our vision is to have a quality preschool within walking distance of every child. We do this through a whole school training programme empowering the principals and staff. The primary focus is in under-resourced areas such as informal settlements; or townships however the standard is high enough that affluent preschools self-fund to be part of the programme as well.
