ECD Centre Owner: Victoria Maharaj (left) and her daughter Chantel Qobolo – headteacher and manager (featured in photos below) Centre Name: Ouma-Vics Daycare & Pre-school Location: President Park, Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa Date: May 2021 Mother-Daugther ECD Centre adopts technology and business thinking Ouma Vic’s Preschool and Grade…
Continue ReadingTake action. Inspire change. Make every day a Mandela Day. Mandela Day is celebrated on 18 July every year. It is an opportunity for individuals and organisations to take collective action in a meaningful way – and leave a legacy – in honour of Nelson Mandela. How can you make a difference on Mandela…
Continue ReadingLocal non-profit social enterprise, GROW Educare Centres (GROW), has an ambitious vision to establish a 5-star early learning centre that unlocks human potential in every neighbourhood across South Africa. To make this possible, the organisation is calling on all Early Childhood Development (ECD) facilitators to join their new innovative programme that aims to help ECD…
Continue ReadingOur recent #BookWeek was a great success: all our early learning centres used the opportunity to make reading fun! Theme tables, puppet shows, character dress-ups, guest readers, and much more. Well done and thank you to all our GROW Educare Centres and our Education team. Thank you to everyone who donated books!
Continue ReadingNeed more information about the GROW Educare Centres App or the 5 Step to 5-Star Programme? Please register to join us at an upcoming online information session and demo. Our next Information Session and Demo: ONLINE (via Zoom) 19-Oct 13:00 – 15:00 25-Nov 14:00 – 15:00
Continue ReadingGROW Educare Centres helps local women to establish excellent, high-quality Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres in developing neighbourhoods. We believe that high-quality private school level education should be accessible and affordable for everyone in South Africa. ECD Centres are also often called Educare Centres, Creches or PreSchools. Why should I send my child to a…
Continue ReadingFranchisee Name: Jillian Hortense Centre Name: Hamptons Nursery, Creche & Preschool Location: Eldorado Park, Johannesburg, South Africa. Meet Jillian Hortense, the Principal of Hamptons Nursery, Creche & Preschool in Eldorado Park. She first discovered her love of working with children when she became a Sunday school teacher at her grandmother’s church at the age of…
Continue ReadingLockdown has been hard for many, but the Early Childhood Development (ECD) sector has been hit particularly hard. This industry is run by women working to educate children between 0 and five years old – a crucial time in a child’s development when children learn the skills they need to reach their full potential in…
Continue ReadingWhat is Giving Tuesday? GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past seven years, it has grown into a global movement that inspires…
Continue ReadingWe’re excited. The majority of our GROW Educare Centres reopen today, Monday 3 August, over 137 days after they were forced to close on 18 March 2020! Parents are a combination of nerves, apprehension and excitement: many know that going back to preschool will have tremendous benefits for their child, but they also worry about…
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