ECD Toolkit
ECD Resource Pack
This Early Childhood Resource Pack is designed to help programme planners and managers understand the basic elements of the best start in life for children and how to most effectively work together to achieve those goals. It combines advocacy arguments with experiences, exercises and information that can be used to develop skills and understand programming for young children in development and emergency situations.
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Family and Community Motivators
The frontline of support for vulnerable young children, by Mary Newman - Early Learning Resource Unit – ELRU.
Bua Fela - Speak Free!
A guide to working with children in community radio, by ABC Ulwazi.
Radio Station Contact List - Download
Rights for Children in an HIV+ World
In comic book form, a comprehensive guide to social security services and benefits for children living with HIV/AIDS, from The Alliance for Children’s Entitlement to Social Security (ACESS).
Making reading a shared pleasure and a valuable skill
Snoeks Desmond of the Family Literacy Project (FLP).
Encouraging Young Children To Use Our Libraries
Snoeks Desmond and Zimbili Dlamini of the Family Literacy Project (FLP).
Child Needs Assessment Tool Kit
A Tool Kit for collecting information your organization needs for designing programs to help young children in areas heavily impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. A Project of the Task Force for Child Survival and Development, supported by the World Bank, Early Child Development Team.
The Evolving Capacities of the Child
Understanding the concept and the application of the concept of the evolving capacities of the child-see the Contents Page by Gerison Lansdown - Save the Children and UNICEF.
Building Blocks Overview: Resources for communities working with orphans and vulnerable children
Why programmes need to strengthen the skills and resources of families and communities to cope with the impacts of HIV/AIDS. An outline of the impact of HIV/AIDS on children. Guidelines for programmes aimed at strengthening the coping capacity of vulnerable children, families and communities. Ways of taking action to strengthen support for orphans and vulnerable children. By the International HIV/AIDS Alliance.
Supporting Older Carers
This document was produced to encourage those working with orphans and vulnerable children to take the situation of their older carers into account and to find ways of supporting their efforts and improving their quality of life. By the International HIV/AIDS Alliance.
Protecting the rights of orphans and vulnerable children aged 0-9 years
Report on Phase One and Two South African Action Research Programme. Document of the first phase of a SA action research project that proposes transferring skills across existing initiatives and distilling lessons that can be disseminated widely to accelerate effective intervention to support vulnerable children in the context of Aids not only in South Africa, but across the continent through the ECD Network Africa (ECDNA). By By Linda Biersteker and Norma Rudolph.
Understanding Child Abuse
The incidence of child abuse, what is child abuse, myths about child abuse and offenders, indicators of abuse, effects of abuse, legal instruments and issues. By Joan van Niekerk, Childline South Africa.
NGOS in a Changing South Africa: Are We Empowering or Disempowering?
Working developmentally with communities. By Phillip Motlhaolwa of DEDI.
Supporting Kinship Carers In Providing Psycho Social Support Through Play To Children In Their Care
Research into creative ways of supporting care givers in the community to help children cope with their losses and their changed circumstances. By Liesl Jewitt (Play Therpy Specialist) and Rachel Rozentals-Thresher (Researcher/Project Manager) - AFSA & RSBSC, 2004.
Searching for other mechanisms for helping families and parents to find solutions for their problems
By Phillip Motlhaolwa of DEDI.
Gratitude - Love - Responsibility
A thought-provoking article on the deeper work of nurturing children to become responsible and loving adults. By Gisela T. O’Neil.
Some Essential Concepts - By The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development
Click to download: What is Early Child Development (ECD)?
Click to download: Development Stages 0 to 8 years
Click to download: Healthy Development
Click to download: Early Childhood Counts: Rights From the Start
Child Rights Delivery Guide for Municipalities in South Africa
From the OFFICE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, JUNE 2006. By Joan van Niekerk, Childline South Africa.
Our Children are Dying in Droves and This is Why - Need To Focus On People's Rights
By Louis Reynolds and David Sanders, in the Cape Times, August 22, 2007.
The current situation in children in South Africa
From The Alliance for Children’s Entitlement to Social Security (ACESS) website.
Children's Rights Issues in South Africa
From the Children’s Rights Centre (CRC) website.
Health and Social Welfare Services for Children Under 8 Years Old in South Africa: Access, Barriers and Benefits
Researched for The Alliance for Children’s Entitlement to Social Security (ACESS) by the Community Agency for Social Enquiry, October 2005.
THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2007 - Women and Children - The Double Dividend of Gender Equality (UNICEF)
Child Needs Assessment Tool Kit
A Tool Kit for collecting information your organization needs for designing programs to help young children in areas heavily impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. A Project of the Task Force for Child Survival and Development, supported by the World Bank, Early Child Development Team.
Young children and HIV/AIDS: Mapping the field
This offers an overview of what studies show in this field at the moment. Largely drawn from a review of literature and with a psychological slant, it also identifies gaps in knowledge and experience. By Lorraine Sherr.
Supporting Early Child Development (ECD) in HIV/AIDS Programs for Africa
A powerpoint presentation on why it is important to address ECD in HIV/AIDS programs for Africa - What policymakers need to know about ECD in relation to HIV/AIDS - How governments can partner with civil society to support ECD HIV/AIDS interventions. By Mary Eming Young – HDNED.
Helping Children Living With HIV
CRC Publications.
My Living Positively Handbook - English Version
CRC Publications.
My Living Positively Handbook - IsiXhosa Version
CRC Publications.
My Living Positively Handbook - IsiZulu Version
CRC Publications.
Rights for Children in an HIV+ World
In comic book form, a comprehensive guide to social security services and benefits for children living with HIV/AIDS. From The Alliance for Children’s Entitlement to Social Security (ACESS).
Children's Rights Issues
From the Children’s Rights Centre (CRC) website.
Can you hear me? The right of young children to participate in decisions affecting them
By Gerison Lansdown, Bernard van Leer Foundation - Working Paper 2005.