ZINECDA in Partnership with MOPSE Participates in Joint Monitoring Visits
June 20, 2025
ZINECDA, in collaboration with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MOPSE), will participated in the Joint Monitoring Visits in Matabeleland Province from the 17th to the 20th of June 2025. The visit highlighted significant challenges and innovative practices within schools in Reigate and Imbizo districts. Key findings revealed critical infrastructure deficiencies, including inadequate classrooms and safety concerns, leading to alarming literacy gaps among students. Despite these issues, some schools showcased promising initiatives, such as gardening projects that support feeding programs and effective organisational practices. To address these challenges, partners emphasised the urgent need for coordinated action, including infrastructure rehabilitation, literacy interventions, and the timely release of overdue BEAM funds. The resilience displayed by certain schools indicates that, with proper support, systemic improvements are achievable, ensuring quality education remains accessible for all Zimbabwean students.
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ZINECDA Participates in Commemorating Global Action Week for Education
May 28, 2025
ZINECDA is proud to have partnered with MoPSE and ECOZI to commemorate Global Action Week for Education at Rutsate Primary School in Honde Valley, Manicaland. As part of our commitment to providing quality education, ZINECDA has refurbished and repainted the ECDE classroom block and play center at the school. These improvements create a safe and welcoming environment for young learners, emphasising the significance of education as a vital lifeline. Quality education equips children with the skills and knowledge necessary to navigate crises and builds resilience for the future. Let’s continue to advocate for and invest in education, ensuring that every child has the opportunity to learn and thrive, regardless of their circumstances.
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ZINECDA Participates in the Regional Child Rights Advocacy Seminar
August 16, 2024
ZINECDA was proud to participate in the regional child rights advocacy seminar held in Harare on August 16th. The event focused on the critical theme “Putting Children at the Centre of the SADC Development Agenda.” As part of the seminar, we advocated strongly for the adoption of the SADC Protocol to ensure that every child’s fundamental rights to survival, development, protection, and participation are prioritized across the region. Ensuring children’s needs and well-being are at the forefront of the SADC development plan is crucial for building a brighter future. In addition to the SADC Protocol, other key policy advocacy issues discussed at the forum included: The state of nationality rights within the SADC region Addressing child sexual abuse in the SADC region Improving early childhood development and education across the…
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Letting a Thousand Flowers Bloom
June 18, 2024
This book provides an insightful exploration for parents, educators, funders, practitioners and policymakers, offering a nuanced understanding of the work implemented by early childhood development networks operating in Africa. The early childhood development networks have in multiple ways influenced the foundation for life long learning for millions of young lives in Africa. The book therefore is a vital resource for understanding the dynamic interplay of factors that contribute to optimal early childhood development networking in diverse African contexts.GET A COPY TODAY!!!
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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…
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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.
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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!
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ZINECDA in Partnership with MOPSE Participates in Joint Monitoring Visits
June 20, 2025
ZINECDA, in collaboration with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MOPSE), will participated in the Joint Monitoring Visits in Matabeleland Province from the 17th to the 20th of June 2025. The visit highlighted significant challenges and innovative practices within schools in Reigate and Imbizo districts. Key findings revealed critical infrastructure deficiencies, including inadequate classrooms and safety concerns, leading to alarming literacy gaps among students. Despite these issues, some schools showcased promising initiatives, such as gardening projects that support feeding programs and effective organisational practices. To address these challenges, partners emphasised the urgent need for coordinated action, including infrastructure rehabilitation, literacy interventions, and the timely release of overdue BEAM funds. The resilience displayed by certain schools indicates that, with proper support, systemic improvements are achievable, ensuring quality education remains accessible for all Zimbabwean students.
Read moreZINECDA Participates in Commemorating Global Action Week for Education
May 28, 2025
ZINECDA is proud to have partnered with MoPSE and ECOZI to commemorate Global Action Week for Education at Rutsate Primary School in Honde Valley, Manicaland. As part of our commitment to providing quality education, ZINECDA has refurbished and repainted the ECDE classroom block and play center at the school. These improvements create a safe and welcoming environment for young learners, emphasising the significance of education as a vital lifeline. Quality education equips children with the skills and knowledge necessary to navigate crises and builds resilience for the future. Let’s continue to advocate for and invest in education, ensuring that every child has the opportunity to learn and thrive, regardless of their circumstances.
Read moreZINECDA Participates in the Regional Child Rights Advocacy Seminar
August 16, 2024
ZINECDA was proud to participate in the regional child rights advocacy seminar held in Harare on August 16th. The event focused on the critical theme “Putting Children at the Centre of the SADC Development Agenda.” As part of the seminar, we advocated strongly for the adoption of the SADC Protocol to ensure that every child’s fundamental rights to survival, development, protection, and participation are prioritized across the region. Ensuring children’s needs and well-being are at the forefront of the SADC development plan is crucial for building a brighter future. In addition to the SADC Protocol, other key policy advocacy issues discussed at the forum included: The state of nationality rights within the SADC region Addressing child sexual abuse in the SADC region Improving early childhood development and education across the…
Read moreLetting a Thousand Flowers Bloom
June 18, 2024
This book provides an insightful exploration for parents, educators, funders, practitioners and policymakers, offering a nuanced understanding of the work implemented by early childhood development networks operating in Africa. The early childhood development networks have in multiple ways influenced the foundation for life long learning for millions of young lives in Africa. The book therefore is a vital resource for understanding the dynamic interplay of factors that contribute to optimal early childhood development networking in diverse African contexts.GET A COPY TODAY!!!
Read moreCall 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…
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!
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