Tshepang Educare

Tshepang Educare Trust would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to Lunchbox for generously providing porridges to our playgroup learners. 🥣

Your support is helping us nurture healthy, happy children by ensuring they receive the nutrition they need to grow, learn, and thrive. Together, we are making a meaningful difference in their lives. 💛

✨ On 4 February 2026, we hosted a special parental workshop focused on the power of play and storytelling. Parents learned practical ways to engage with their children through play, and we shared techniques on how to read stories at home to spark imagination and a love for books.

📚 A heartfelt thank you to Book Dash for generously providing us with books that will continue to inspire families beyond the workshop.

Together, we’re building stronger connections between parents and children one story at a time. 💛

Friday (16 January 2026) workshop was truly impactful!

We focused on tracking children’s progress against developmental milestones and explored growth monitoring assessments to ensure little ones are thriving and to identify early signs of malnutrition.

What made it even more exciting was the hands on demonstration, equipping ECD practitioners with practical skills to confidently apply these practices in the field.

Together, we’re building stronger foundations for healthier, happier children 😊💚

✨ Celebrating New Beginnings at Tshepang Educare Trust ✨

This week we hosted our very first Parents Meeting of 2026, and what a wonderful gathering it was! 🌸

We welcomed new learners and their families into our community.

Parents had the opportunity to learn more about how our playgroups work, a space where children grow through play, creativity, and connection.

We also shared the vision and mission of Tshepang Educare Trust, highlighting the role we play in nurturing young minds and supporting families.

The energy in the room was inspiring, and we are grateful for the trust and enthusiasm shown by our parents. Together, we are building a strong foundation for our children’s future. 💛

Here’s to a year filled with growth, learning, and joyful moments! 🌱

✨Celebrating Bright Futures at Rehlokomeleng ECD Centre 🌟
What a joyful day it was as we gathered to celebrate the Rehlokomeleng ECD Centre Graduation Party! 🎓✨

Our little graduates have grown, learned, and laughed their way through an incredible journey. Today, we honored their achievements, their resilience, and the bright futures that await them.

💐 Highlights of the celebration:

Smiles and laughter from our proud learners

Songs, dances, and performances showcasing their talents

Parents, teachers, and community members coming together to support and cheer

Certificates and awards marking this special milestone

This graduation is not just the end of a chapter, but the beginning of many more. We are so proud of each child and grateful to every parent, teacher, and supporter who made this day possible.

Here’s to nurturing dreams, building confidence, and shaping tomorrow’s leaders! 🌈💫

Our 2024/25 Annual Report is here! Take a look at the milestones, growth, and impact we’ve made together.”

Spring Day Fun – 24 October 2025 🌞

Rehlokomeleng Playgroup celebrated Spring Day with pure joy and energy! On 24 October, our little learners splashed into the season with exciting swimming activities and cheerful dancing, all under the careful supervision of our dedicated practitioners. 💦🎶

The pools were filled with laughter, and made unforgettable memories. It was a day of movement, happiness, and sunshine!

Thank you to our amazing team and supportive families for making this celebration so special.

Investing in Growth: Our Intern Practitioners in Action! 🌟

We’re proud to share that our dedicated intern practitioners are currently immersed in a facilitation course as part of our ongoing staff development initiatives. This hands on training is designed to sharpen their skills in leading, guiding, and empowering others essential tools for creating meaningful impact in the workplace and beyond.

By investing in their growth, we’re not just building individual capacity we’re strengthening our entire team. We look forward to seeing how these future facilitators bring fresh energy, insight, and leadership to our organization.

Let’s keep growing, together! 💪✨

🌾 Bringing Joy and Learning to Rural Communities 🚐📚

In the heart of our rural areas, where access to early childhood services is limited, we’re making play possible one mobile visit at a time. Our outreach play groups travel to remote villages, transforming open spaces into vibrant hubs of laughter, learning, and connection.

Using our mobile units, we bring age appropriate toys, books, and activities that spark imagination and support healthy development. Children get the chance to play, socialize, and grow in a safe and nurturing environment while parents receive guidance, support, and a sense of community.

These sessions aren’t just about fun they’re about building futures. Every game played, every story shared, and every smile exchanged helps lay the foundation for lifelong learning and wellbeing.

We’re proud to be part of a movement that brings hope, education, and joy to where it’s needed most. 💛

Siyalingana: Promoting Gender Equality in Early Childhood Development
Siyalingana is a transformative initiative by VVOB, supported by the Department of Basic Education, aimed at promoting gender equality in Early Childhood Development (ECD). Its purpose is to empower practitioners with gender-responsive pedagogy, ensuring that every child regardless of gender receives equitable, inclusive, and nurturing education from the very start.

Under the guidance of Ntataise, we proudly hosted the Siyalingana course across two municipalities: Dihlabeng and Nketoana. We enrolled 41 passionate ECD practitioners from Bethlehem, Petrus Steyn, Lindley, and Arlington. Through dedication and hard work, 38 of them successfully completed the course and earned their certificate of completion, along with 15 valuable SACE points.

Building on this momentum, 9 practitioners further enrolled in the Coordinating PLCs in Blended CPD course, where they received an additional certificate and 10 SACE points. Throughout the journey, we facilitated 4 Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), creating spaces for collaboration, reflection, and growth.

The course ran from April to August 2025, culminating in a heartfelt celebration on the 8th September 2025. During this event, we honored the achievements of our practitioners and reflected on the impact of the program. We were joined by esteemed guests including DBE officials, VVOB representatives, Ntataise, N5 resource Centre and community leaders(ECD matrons and Pastor) each adding their voice to the chorus of support for gender equality in ECD.

This journey was more than a course it was a movement. It was educating, empowering, and deeply inspiring. Practitioners walked away not only with certificates, but with renewed purpose and tools to create inclusive classrooms where every child can thrive.



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practitioners and ECD Managers

We are incredibly thankful to Book Dash for the generous donation of books that we’ve been able to distribute across various ECD centres. These books are more than just pages they're gateways to imagination, learning, and joy. 🌟

Thanks to Book Dash, young learners now have the opportunity to discover the magic of reading, build literacy skills, and fall in love with stories from an early age. Your contribution is planting seeds of knowledge that will grow for years to come. 💛

From all of us, and especially the little readers whose lives you’ve touched, thank you! 📖✨

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