The Deputy Minister of Social Development, Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu, ended her campaign of handing over Personal Protective Equipment’s (PPEs) at Ebenezer Child Development Program at Braamfischerville and another five beneficiaries in Soweto on 30 April.
The campaign was in partnership with the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) and eSimphiwe Childcare Centre. The aim of the campaign is mainly to assist ECDs in disadvantaged communities to comply with COVID 19 regulations.
Bogopane-Zulu said: “This initiative is aimed at creating sustainable livelihood and assisting ECD Centres in disadvantaged communities to comply with COVID-19 regulations which will enable the centres to open doors for children with no worries of not having enough PPEs which might hinder them from adhering to the adjusted level 1 rules and regulations.”
While she was handing over the PPE’s she advised that the ECD’s do not use sanitisers that contain alcohol inside on the children. This is because many caregivers are unaware of the percentage of alcohol the hand sanitisers contain as it is not good for children as they might consume them and also explained that the sanitisers should not be kept in the kitchen as they are flammable.
The Deputy Minister travelled across the country from March 9 with the stakeholders. This was done in order to help ECDs meet the norms and standards issued by the Department of Early Childhood Development for ECD’s to reopen under the current National State Disaster Act.
A total of 127 centres and over 5000 children who attend ECDs including 680 practitioners across the country have benefitted from this initiative.
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