South African policy has acknowledged Early Childhood Development (ECD) as an essential component to break the cycle of poverty. The City of Cape Town has made ECD an integral part of its informal settlement upgrading programme. Through field observations and consultations with key ECD stakeholders, we proposed an innovative outreach programme integrated into the urban environment of small neighbourhood centres to provide accessible ECD to all children in Monwabisi Park.

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Creator

• Barbour, Isaac Thomas
• Gottshall, Alyssa M.
• Sparrell, Courtney Lynne
• Bell, Heather Anne

Subject

• Well-Being
• Infrastructure
• Community
• Health
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121610-111027

Keyword

• Education, Preschool
• Equality--Social aspects
• Teaching

Advisor

• Hersh, Robert
• Jiusto, Scott

Year

• 2010

Center

• Cape Town, South Africa Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Sonke, Sikhula
• Mthwazai, Mdebuka
• Violence Protection through Urban Upgrading (VPUU)
• Landingwe, Nomzamo
• Giles, Chris

Date created

• 2010-12-16

Location

• Cape Town

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-02-04