Loaves & Fishes Network

Congratulations to our 2022 practitioners wishing them all the best, the sky is the limit !

Real Reform For ECD

Real Reform For ECD

LaFN staff discussing Real Reform For ECD campaign action. Watch this space!

THANK YOU EYABANTWANA TRUST for the generous donation of 50 food parcels! The Loaves and Fishes Network, working with local Early Childhood Development Centres, distributed the food parcels to highly vulnerable families, in the communities of Ndevana, Mdantsane, Reeston and Scenery Park. We are appealing to local businesses and individuals to please donate non perishable foods to help us feed children and families in need! Contact us on 043- 7220010 or visit our website on www.lafn.co.za

To the women who work tirelessly, caring for our children and treating them with a mothers love, we say Happy Mothers Day. Today we thank all our mothers and grandmothers and every care giver, guardian or teacher who has shown love to a child.

Should ECD Centres and Schools Open? New evidence suggests they should. What do you think? Interesting article in the link below

New evidence shows children aren't spreaders so we're harming them by keeping schools shut, says Wits prof We are “indirectly putting children’s lives and futures on the line” by keeping schools shut,” said Wits University vaccinology and infectious disease expert Professor Shabir Madhi, noting that new evidence shows they are insignificant spreaders of the coronavirus.

We're in this together ❤

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Make your own Tippy Tap 💧💧💧

ECD R-1: Make your own Tippy Tap. Today’s support activities for parents of young children focus on how to make a Tippy Tap. Please assist in sending it out to your networks and share with parents. Let’s play, learn and grow together. Remember: Little hands matter!
As some need more high-quality copies, please download from the temporary link. https://indd.adobe.com/view/9b60acc0-e3a8-438d-b67c-9dd3e6b956ff

The ECD Sector is under serious threat. Read more about the latest research done into the impact of Covid19 Lockdown and Social Distancing on the ECD sector. Please support Loaves and Fishes Network as we work with stakeholders to seek solutions to the challenges we face!!!

PRESCHOOL CLOSURES THREAT: Early childhood development sector faces major closures as parents scramble for fees Without government intervention, close to one million children could be stranded by the time ECDs are due to reopen around September.

Parents here is a lovely booklet, courtesy of UNICEF, to help you support your child's early learning and development!

Let’s play, learn and grow together - Series 1: Me! Little booklet developed to support parents and young children with reading, pictures and ideas for children from birth to five (all official languages).