Early Childhood Development

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

According to UNICEF, Early Childhood Development (ECD) is the key to a full and productive life for a child. In fact, in the first years of life, children establish the cognitive, emotional and social foundation upon which they can build their futures. Sadly, country-wide estimates indicate that only 10% of children in Sierra Leone are enrolled in pre-primary school or nursery programs. Pre-school programs are undervalued by parents and unavailable in most low-resource communities, and at-home preparation for entrance into primary school is rare. As a result, a large number of children lack essential school readiness skills upon entering primary school, limiting their ability to reach their full potential. That is what World Hope is hoping to change through the ECD project, getting children ready for school so they can harness the full opportunities afforded by an education and empowering their parents and caregivers to enable them. One of the goals of the ECD project is for 10,000 children under five-years-old to participate in early stimulation or early learning activities at specialized community centers and through home visits, and WHI also intends to educate 2,000 caregivers of a child under five about ECD and good child reading skills.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Sierra Leone

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2016 -

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary enrollment

Other

  • Early childhood development

Skills

  • Literacy

Cross-cutting areas

  • Gender equality

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Not applicable or unknown

School Level

  • Pre-school

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Access to school

  • Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased enrolment in primary school
  • Increased literacy

Cross-cutting goals

  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms