areas have had local ECCE champions engaged in awareness raising activities by 2015 and; 50% of pilot kindergarten catchment areas have had local ECCE champions engaged in awareness raising activities by 2016. Output 2.1.1: Percentage of pilot communities Baseline 1: Status: Exceeded target Local champions identified and that have a local ECCE champion (2014): 2% of pilot communities have a 100% of pilot communities have identified a local ECCE champion local champion (i.e. one local ECCE supporting ECCE. (one champion per kindergarten catchment area, 60 in total). champion). Target 1: 75% of pilot communities have at least one local ECCE champion identified by December 2015. Intermediate Outcome 2.2: Do you perceive that parents are Baseline: Status: On track Parents support the better equipped to provide early (2015): In general parents feel they Focus group discussions have been carried out in all three kindergarten, through home stimulation, reading, storytelling, are not equipped to provide early programme target provinces during 2016 to assess progress learning. and other activities at home with stimulation for their children. towards this outcome. their children? Target: Overall, parents report feeling better equipped to provide early Parents feel that they are better stimulation at home. Many of them have commented on how they equipped to provide early stimulations did not know spending time with their children was good for their through reading, storytelling and other development and feel ashamed that they haven’t been doing this. activities at home with their children There is a big increase in parents spending time with children doing by December 2016. household chores (washing, gardening) and going to special events like church, when previously they would have told the children to play around the community on their own. There is a demand from parents for additional Family Conversation topics on WASH, household budgeting and brain development. Output 2.2.1: Percentage of ECCE pilot Baseline: Status: Exceeding target ECCE awareness and communities that had a requisite (2014): Zero During 2015 catchment communities received the following number engagement activities in place for number of community awareness of awareness activities: parents and community. activities. Target: 70% pilot communities had at least 53% of pilot communities had one awareness event two ECCE community awareness 14% of pilot communities had two awareness events activities by December 2014; 90% 10% of communities had three awareness events
areas have had local ECCE champions engaged in awareness raising activities by 2015 and; 50% of pilot kindergarten catchment areas have had local ECCE champions engaged in awareness raising activities by 2016. Output 2.1.1: Local champions identified and supporting ECCE. Percentage of pilot communities that have a local ECCE champion Baseline 1: (2014): 2% of pilot communities have a local champion (i.e. one local ECCE champion). Target 1: 75% of pilot communities have at least one local ECCE champion identified by December 2015. Status: Exceeded target 100% of pilot communities have identified a local ECCE champion (one champion per kindergarten catchment area, 60 in total). Intermediate Outcome 2.2: Parents support the kindergarten, through home learning. Do you perceive that parents are better equipped to provide early stimulation, reading, storytelling, and other activities at home with their children? Baseline: (2015): In general parents feel they are not equipped to provide early stimulation for their children. Target: Parents feel that they are better equipped to provide early stimulations through reading, storytelling and other activities at home with their children by December 2016. Status: On track Focus group discussions have been carried out in all three programme target provinces during 2016 to assess progress towards this outcome. Overall, parents report feeling better equipped to provide early stimulation at home. Many of them have commented on how they did not know spending time with their children was good for their development and feel ashamed that they haven’t been doing this. There is a big increase in parents spending time with children doing household chores (washing, gardening) and going to special events like church, when previously they would have told the children to play around the community on their own. There is a demand from parents for additional Family Conversation topics on WASH, household budgeting and brain development. Output 2.2.1: ECCE awareness and engagement activities in place for parents and community. Percentage of ECCE pilot communities that had a requisite number of community awareness activities. Baseline: (2014): Zero Target: 70% pilot communities had at least two ECCE community awareness activities by December 2014; 90% Status: Exceeding target During 2015 catchment communities received the following number of awareness activities: 53% of pilot communities had one awareness event 14% of pilot communities had two awareness events 10% of communities had three awareness events
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