Call for SADC to address issues of early childhood development
February 23, 2023
There is a need for the development of a protocol that specifically addresses the plight of children from a very early age in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region as children are the foundation and future of any society. This came out of a one-day workshop held in Harare, Zimbabwe, and organised by the national Technical Working Group of the Zimbabwe Network for Early Childhood Development Actors (ZINECDA) to interrogate issues affecting the development of children from a very young age. ZINECDA is a Zimbabwean umbrella body of early childhood development organisations and individuals working in partnership with other stakeholders to influence policies, programmes and practice related to early childhood development (ECD) through policy advocacy, generation of new knowledge, building capacity of members, policy makers and sharing experiences. ZINECDA, in partnership with National ECD Coalition of Lesotho (NECDOL), and the ECD Coalition of Malawi, are implementing a transnational advocacy capacity building project which seeks to develop stronger and vibrant Early Child Development and Education (ECDE) in Southern…
Read more
Post Budget Analysis
November 30, 2022
The Legislators on the 30th of November 2022 proposed introducing an education fund to ring- fence free basic education. @ZimTreasury allocated ZWL631 billion to @MoPSEZim with infant education getting an allocation of ZWL98.2 billion of which 93% will be going towards salaries.
Read more
Climate change and weather are threatening vulnerable children’s education.
July 22, 2022
Read the below article where ZINECDA National Coordinator Mr Naison Bhunhu had a one on one interview with OXFAM IBIS Communications Specialist Malene Aadal Bo on the effects of Climate Change to Early Childhood Development.Read more!
Read more
Call for SADC to address issues of early childhood development
February 23, 2023
There is a need for the development of a protocol that specifically addresses the plight of children from a very early age in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region as children are the foundation and future of any society. This came out of a one-day workshop held in Harare, Zimbabwe, and organised by the national Technical Working Group of the Zimbabwe Network for Early Childhood Development Actors (ZINECDA) to interrogate issues affecting the development of children from a very young age. ZINECDA is a Zimbabwean umbrella body of early childhood development organisations and individuals working in partnership with other stakeholders to influence policies, programmes and practice related to early childhood development (ECD) through policy advocacy, generation of new knowledge, building capacity of members, policy makers and sharing experiences. ZINECDA, in partnership with National ECD Coalition of Lesotho (NECDOL), and the ECD Coalition of Malawi, are implementing a transnational advocacy capacity building project which seeks to develop stronger and vibrant Early Child Development and Education (ECDE) in Southern…
Read morePost Budget Analysis
November 30, 2022
The Legislators on the 30th of November 2022 proposed introducing an education fund to ring- fence free basic education. @ZimTreasury allocated ZWL631 billion to @MoPSEZim with infant education getting an allocation of ZWL98.2 billion of which 93% will be going towards salaries.
Read moreClimate change and weather are threatening vulnerable children’s education.
July 22, 2022
Read the below article where ZINECDA National Coordinator Mr Naison Bhunhu had a one on one interview with OXFAM IBIS Communications Specialist Malene Aadal Bo on the effects of Climate Change to Early Childhood Development.Read more!
Read more