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News from some of our Projects

Mandela Day 2019

Mandela Day was a busy day at LETCEE. There was a jam-packed programme of activities scheduled to take place in the different communities where we work. Some of the elderly had their homes cleaned and laundry done by LETCEE staff and volunteers.

The children's centres were buzzing with excitement as staff played games with the children, distributed toys, storybooks donated by Book Dash and warm clothes. Some friends of LETCEE read stories to the children at the Izingane Zethu centre and treated them to cake.

In partnership with one of our funders Mondi, we hosted an event in Potspruit where officials from Umvoti Disaster Management, Umvoti Fire Protection Association and the Department of Health addressed the children and parents on issues around safety, fire awareness and health respectively.

As activities continued in communities, LETCEE supporters walked in at the offices to drop off donations of food items and warm clothing to be distributed accross communities where we work with children.

Let's See LETCEE day 2019

On the 13th June 2019, we spent a day out in some of the communities that we work in within Umvoti. We had sent out an invitation to those who would like to visit some of our projects, see what we do and understand why we do it. We hosted 2 bus loads and some of our partners where we they got see the work done on the ground.

The morning kicked off at one of the bakeries where the visitors got to see the wood-fired ovens and got a chance to taste the freshly baked bread. Two other centres were visited and this was where the visitors could see the work done with children as well as food gardens.

We are very grateful to all those who attended despite the cold weather, and we do hope that everyone who attended got to understand our work. We do hope that it was the beginning and the continuation of good partnerships in ensuring that there is quality early education for all in our rural communities.

Njengabantu Children's Centre

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In February this year, we requested for assistance to repair the community hall in Njengabantu which was in a state of despair. We are pleased to announce that renovations are underway. We do however need further support to complete this work.

Once completed, The Toy Library which is right next door will move here. Children will have a safe place to play and we will provide 70 children with breakfast and lunch each day. School-going children will have a place to do their homework with adult supervision.

If you can help, or would like more information, please contact us!

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Our mission is to build the confidence and capacity of families and communities to create nurturing environments for their children.

65000+ children need our assistance

This is just the tip of the ice-berg! With your assistance we can assist the children in our immediate community and expand to neighbouring communities.

We train ECD Practitioners

Only 12% of children who should be accessing early learning are doing so. With your support, we could increase the number of ECD practitioners we train and thus improve the number of children reached in Umzinyathi.

Where we target our attention: Umzinyathi district, KZN, South Africa

Mbuba

This project was established in 2008 after a community member approached LETCEE to request that we start a project similar to the one being run in neighbouring Matimatolo. Our trained ECD facilitators have been running non-centre based services in this area for the past eight years.

Eshane

The Eshane area under the leadership of the Sithole Tribal Authority is vast and includes the areas of Eshane, Engoje, Embangweni, Lilani, Sgedlane, Thulini, Mhlazane and Nseleni. There are 13 Abahambi and an ECD Coordinator currently working in the area, elected by the communities from which they came.

Msinga

Like the other communities we work in, Msinga is a poverty stricken area with few economic resources and little economic activity. There is poor access to early learning services. We are proud to be one of the implementing partners of SmartStart. This social enterprise of licensed franchisors is currently in the initial phase of what will be a national roll out of non-centre based ECD provision.

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