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

LETCEE | mission children assistance communities

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.
LETCEE | mission train facilitators

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

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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.
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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.
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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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Our vision is for every child to develop and grow in a caring community.

News from some of our Projects

Graduation Ceremony

LETCEE had our Graduation Ceremony recently. The function was held in the Greytown Town Hall and was well attended. We had a guest speaker from Dundee, who delivered a wonderful speech on the importance of early education and the roles that these women will now fulfill. One of the courses we offer, is accredited training in Early Childhood Development (ECD); a two year qualification for a Further Education and Training Certificate in ECD. This is a nationally recognised certificate on the NQF level 4. We currently have 252 registered students for this course.


On Thursday 15 June 2017, 97 of LETCEE’s students graduated and received this national certificate. It was a day of singing, dancing and joyous celebration as the families of these students attended and supported the graduates.

We wish to congratulate all the graduates with this wonderful achievement! Your hard work, persistence and commitment have paid off. Now you can go into your communities to provide quality early education for our kids.

Rest in peace, Mamkhulu

When Charmayne retired last year, we wrote this farewell story for her. We thought it appropriate to share with you now. Read our farewell story here.

Trip to Germany

Sne Masuku, Matimatolo's Mamahambi, and Annika Hayward went to Germany for September to learn more about ECD for children with disabilities. They did a two-week internship at Vogelsang Kindergarten in Osnabruck and also visited other similar projects in Northwestern Germany.


This was a great experience and they learnt great hands-on techniques and management strategies for ensuring optimal learning despite special needs.


We look forward to hearing more about their trip and will share with you!