The Ivory Foundation supports a project initiated by the association “Essor” which aims to promote access to a quality preschool education for 60 young children, in a situation of social vulnerability, in the city of Maputo, Mozambique.
In collaboration with the civil society and local authorities this project has four main objectives:
-To contribute to the necessary cognitive, affective and psychomotor proficiency skills of disadvantaged children
-To Improve the educational skills of families as well as their living conditions
-To strengthen the capacity of neighborhood associations to manage and implement preschool projects
-To promote the integration of pre-school in the national education system.
The project targets 60 children aged 3 to 6 years, from poor families or orphans, having no access to private kindergartens because of the lack of resources and the low number of existing structures. This project will allow them later, to integrate primary school easier and better prepared, thus improving their chances of socializing and academic success.
In addition to a daily care and educational and recreational activities for children, the project will provide:
-The training for 3 educators and an administrator to child-centered pedagogics,
-The awareness of parents to children’s right,
-The set up of an active and dynamic network in favor of a quality education for all,
-The set up of a benchmark community nursery school for vulnerable children, gathering public and private educational actors involved in this sector.
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