11
toy libraries
4863
children involved
166
play facilitators
173
registered students
News from some of our Projects
New leadership at LETCEE
It has been a busy start to the new year for the staff and management at LETCEE. Read more...
Changes in the LETCEE leadership
LETCEE's founding director, Mary James, retires at the end of February 2022, after almost 30 years. In April 2021, Mary announced to the team that she will be leaving, which evoked a lot of emotions and tears. Read more...
Developing a child through play.
Smart start is an early learning social franchise, with a network of trained and licensed practitioners who implement the same evidence-based programme. Read more...
Our mission is to build the confidence and capacity of families and communities to create nurturing environments for their children.
65000+ children need our assistance
This is just the tip of the ice-berg! With your assistance we can assist the children in our immediate community and expand to neighbouring communities.
We train ECD Practitioners
Only 12% of children who should be accessing early learning are doing so. With your support, we could increase the number of ECD practitioners we train and thus improve the number of children reached in Umzinyathi.
Where we target our attention: Umzinyathi district, KZN, South Africa
Mbuba
This project was established in 2008 after a community member approached LETCEE to request that we start a project similar to the one being run in neighbouring Matimatolo. Our trained ECD facilitators have been running non-centre based services in this area for the past eleven years.
Eshane
The Eshane area under the leadership of the Sithole Tribal Authority is vast and includes the areas of Eshane, Engoje, Embangweni, Lilani, Sgedlane, Thulini, Mhlazane and Nseleni. There are 13 Abahambi, 2 Toy Librarians and an ECD Coordinator currently working in the area, elected by the communities from which they came.
Msinga
Like the other communities we work in, Msinga is a poverty stricken area with few economic resources and little economic activity. There is poor access to early learning services. We are proud to be one of the implementing partners of SmartStart.
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