Our vision is to be the largest chain of 5 STAR Early Childhood Development Centres serving disadvantaged communities in South Africa. To achieve this vision, we use a social franchise model to empower qualified, passionate women to run excellent, affordable and sustainable ECD centres that offer high quality early learning services. We are looking … Read more
The 1st of August 2019 marked an important milestone in the lives of many as it denoted the official opening celebration of Bonisiwe Gwala’s newly upgraded Pre-School, Entokozweni, a proud Grow ECD centre, located in an area called Kwa-Nqetho, just 5kms outside of Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal. Over 60 guest, including the Chief of Kwa-Nqetho, Mr. Mbengu, … Read more
This Mandela Day do something meaningful. Leave a legacy. Support ECD (Early Childhood Development) and Educare Centres in disadvantaged communities: it’s the most significant investment you can make. Why is ECD (Early Childhood Development) the best place to invest? Early Childhood Development (ECD) is a child’s development phase between birth and school-going age. During this … Read more
Thanks to the support of MySchool and Old Mutual; GROW kicks off its first Educare Centre in Lombardy East! The renovations started at the beginning of August and to the great relief of the teachers and children, the dust settled at the end of August to reveal a much-transformed learning environment. The school transformed from … Read more
Principal Economist – M Caridad Araujo, from the Division of Social Protection and Health, Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC, USA, wrote an article entitled “Promoting High-Quality Childcare at Scale in Latin America”. Reviewing the article in-depth, it outlines the key elements of good-quality childcare while offering guidance as to how to manage it at … Read more
