They say that education is the key toward a brighter future. Sadly, it’s also privilege that not everyone can acquire.
My Little Haven Foundation plans to build a eight classroom block to provide free education for underprivileged children with no access to safe, high quality early childhood education. The school will target children from 3 to 12 years by investing in their early childhood education as the most effective way to break the cycle of poverty. It will lay the foundation for success in school, career and life.
Challenge
By age 3, a child’s brain is already 80% developed; by age 12, a child’s brain may have stopped growing in size, but it’s nowhere near done developing. There are 1300 underprivileged children aged 3 to 12 years from the poorest of poor households identified during the vulnerability assessment. It is evident that these children start school at seven years. Without access to high quality early learning these children are more likely to have poor academic performance, repeat grades, drop out of school and remain in the cycle of poverty.
Solution
The project will support the community to build preschool that will provide free quality education targeting 1300 most vulnerable and underprivileged children whose parents cannot support their preschool education. This will create a safe learning environment and quality interaction that greatly influence exposure and mental development of children in their early years of life.
Long Term Impact
The project will provide 1300 underprivileged children from the poorest households with the necessary social, emotional, and cognitive skills that will continue to develop throughout their life. High-quality early childhood education programs will not only prepare children for primary school but also empower parents to influence their children’s academic success.
