The South African government and partnering non-governmental organizations have increasingly recognized the need to expand early childhood development (ECD) services. Foundation for Community Work (FCW), in addressing ECD in under-resourced communities, has proposed two new outreach models: (1) utilizing existing public space (schools, stadiums) for ECD programing, and (2) retrofitting a shipping container for use as an ECD resource hub. We collaborated with FCW, other ECD organizations, and residents of Vygieskraal, a settlement in Cape Town, to explore these models.

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Creator

• Ring, Julia Grace
• Scott, Julia Franciose
• Santangelo, Nicholas Paul
• Cassidy, Delaney Celeste
• Stolz, Eric Christopher

Subject

• Community
• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121615-141955

Keyword

• Community development
• Education, Preschool
• Public spaces

Advisor

• Bulled, Nicola
• Jiusto, Scott

Year

• 2015

Center

• Cape Town, South Africa Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Foundation for Community Work

Date created

• 2015-12-16

Location

• Cape Town

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright