Early Childhood Stimulation (ECS)
About the Early Childhood Stimulation Programme
Studies of skill formation have shown that interventions in the early childhood years are one of the rare examples of interventions that are both equitable and efficient thus , the interventions reduce inequalities whilst also raising the productivity of the society as a whole. The early childhood stimulation interventions on the child encourages parent-child interaction, parenting knowledge, and good development in children. The content of the ECS parenting sessions has been adopted from Care for Child Development (CCD) and the Parenting Club Curriculum used in Zimbabwe. CCD is an evidence based set of materials developed by UNICEF and the world Health Organisation. It provide guidance for caregivers with caregivers with children from the new born period on how stimulate them through play and communication. It encourages and supports sensitive and responsive interactions between caregivers and child including during feeding.Early Childhood Stimulation is the interaction between young children and their caregivers, providing children with the opportunity to learn about their environment from the earliest age. In practice, stimulation is about parents and other caregivers being responsive to the emotional and physical needs of their children from birth onward, playing and talking with them (even before children can respond verbally)and exposing them to words, numbers and simple concepts while engaging in daily routines. If children are to access quality stimulation services all the gaps in the development of a child in all aspects will be dealt with.
Early Childhood Stimulation Programme Goal
To ensure availability of and access to quality Early Childhood Stimulation services for caregivers paired with HIV exposed and/or infected children
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Early Childhood Stimulation Programme Objectives
1. Promoting Early Childhood Stimulation, health and nutrition education to mother baby pairs
2. Promoting household economic strengthening through internal saving and lending schemes (ISALS) mothers
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Child Protection
Society of Zimbabwe
Established in 1952, Child Protection Society (CPS) is a Not for profit Child Rights Organization based in Belvedere, Harare with operations across the Provinces of the country. We registered as a welfare organization in 1967 with the Department of Social Welfare. Its original thrust was in the care of children in difficult circumstances. For more than 50 years CPS has been promoting the well being of children, and protecting them from abuse, suffering and neglect.