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MEDIA STATEMENT
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SETS UP WORKSTREAMS TO CONDUCT RISK ASSESSMENT AND STATE OF READINESS FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD) CENTRES
Pretoria, 4 June 2020: South Africa officially entered level 3 of the COVID-19 Risk-Adjusted Strategy on 1 June 2020, with the reopening of many sectors of the economy. As more parents/caregivers return to work, one of their major concerns is around child care arrangements and the reopening of early childhood development (ECD) centres.
The ECD service run by Non-Profit Organisations and regulated by the Department of Social Development provides children with opportunities for early learning, health and nutrition services that enhance their physical, emotional and cognitive skills. In 2012, the South African Government declared ECD a public good and embarked on expanding universal access by 2030.
With the declaration of the state of the national disaster by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa in March, ECD centres across the country closed down to comply with the national COVID-19 regulations to protect and save lives.
While the Early Childhood Development (ECD) sector will remain closed under level 3 regulations, the Department of Social Development has set up eight (8) workstreams that will amongst others, conduct sector-wide risk assessment, state of readiness and make recommendations on health and hygiene measures and protocols to contain COVID-19 outbreak.
These measures may include limiting the number of children a centre can take care of, ensuring proper cleaning and disinfecting of the centre, routine screenings and rearranging spaces to encourage social distancing
The workstreams will look into: data and information, assessment of ECD services in terms of COVID-19 compliance, support package, protocols for reopening, COVID-19 education and awareness, ECD programme redesign (parent programmes), practitioner capacity building and monitoring and evaluation. The findings and recommendations of the work streams will be used to map the way forward with regard to required operational adjustments for the sector with the advent of the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the General Household Survey by Statistics South Africa, over 2 million children receive some form of ECD services. Of this number, 800 654 children are currently accessing registered ECD programmes by the Department of Social Development. 626 574 of these children receive a subsidy of R17 per child per day.
There are currently 14 205 registered partial care facilities that operate as ECD while many remain unregistered as they do not meet the minimum norms and standards set out in the Children’s Act. To address this, the Department has partnered with the Nelson Mandela Foundation under the banner of Vangasali-Every Child Counts campaign to find and assist such centres to comply and register as required by law.
This campaign forms part of this year’s Child Protection Week under the theme: “Let us all protect children during COVID-19 and beyond”.
This year’s campaign seeks to create greater awareness of the risks that children face in these uncertain times by engaging families and communities to take a stand against any form of child abuse, neglect and exploitation.
As part of the national activities for Child Protection Week, the Department of Social Development, will in partnership with UNICEF and the University of South Africa (UNISA) host a webinar focusing on online safety for children, including how to prevent online bullying, harassment and internet-initiated sex crimes against children.
Members of the media are invited to join the webinar on online safety for children scheduled as follows:
Date: Friday, 5 June 2020
GovernmentZA YouTube: https://youtu.be/lqIta7hXc1M
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GovernmentZA/videos/985440885206786/
Presidency YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/lYCUIWHNLUo
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PresidencyZA/videos/685914835593743/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SocialDevelopmentZA/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_DSD
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/socialdevelopmentza/
SABC will provide pool feed as follows:
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The Child Protection Week campaign was launched on 30 May and will run until Sunday, 7 June 2020.
ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Media enquiries may be forwarded to Ms Lumka Oliphant on 083 484 8067 or e-mail: LumkaO@dsd.gov.za

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Here is our Babynastix health and safety policies and procedures. We are proactive by ensuring that we will be ready for Babynastix once we are able to return to schools. 

In the meantime we offer online Babynastix classes (on Saturdays to accommodate working parents) which gives parents the opportunity to experience Babynastix with their children and enjoy the bonding time with their little ones. I will send you a link for our FREE class offer for ALL your parents to enjoy a free online class with their little ones if you would be so kind to forward it to them. 

We miss seeing all our beautiful babies every week and look forward to returning to your amazing school when it is safe to do so. 

I hope that you are doing well and keeping safe during this difficult season!

Kind regards 
Suzaan and the Babynastix Cape Town team

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Dear Principals

As promised, we are communicating all information that we receive from DSD regarding ECD centres during this time. Please see the Media Release Statement of the Department of Social Development "ECDs and Partial Care Centres to remain closed" below, 20 May 2020.

ECD centres need to remain closed until further notice. We wish we could be sending you more positive feedback at this stage. 
Please keep safe. We will be in touch with further updates as we receive them. 
Kind regards

Lisa Jurgens
CECD Registration ECD Assistant
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​STATEMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 
Date: 20 May 2020
Release: Immediate  
 
Early Childhood Development and Partial Care Centres to remain closed
 
The provincial Department of Social Development has received confirmation from the National Department that despite the easing of the lockdown, all ECDs must remain closed until further notice.
 
All provincial departments must adhere to the Regulations issued by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, and the Directions issued by National Department of Social Development Minister, Lindiwe Zulu. Minister Zulu has reiterated that all ECDs will remain closed until further notice. This announcement and other information has been communicated by the Department via Social Service Organisations, and the network of ECD forums across the province to the sector.
 
There are currently 1 589 registered ECD facilities in the province, of which we fund more than 80 000 children at 1 124 centres. In addition, we fund 88 after school care facilities.
 
Should there be any further updates to these directions, the information will be immediately shared with the  ECD sector.
 
We encourage all ECD operators to monitor the provincial coronavirus website at coronavirus.westerncape.gov.za and national government’s website at sacoronavirus.co.za where all of the latest developments are posted, online parent support and learning material provided, as well as relief available to residents and businesses.
 
Media Enquiries:
Esther Lewis
Head of Communications
Department of Social Development
Cell:   072 647 2351
E-mail: Esther.Lewis@westerncape.gov.za
Website: www.westerncape.gov.za
 
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