our impact
New buildings and toilets installed ensuring children have safe space to learn at 240 ECD centres.
Nutritional support to unfunded ECD centres ensures children are served breakfast every day.
Teachers at unfunded ECD centres receive financial compensation through the Social Employment Fund
Yearly ECD subsidies leveraged through our partnership with government directly impacting sustainability and child nutrition.
Teachers attend local monthly learning groups to improve ECD programme implementation
Stories
Hope, hard work, and heart : impande
November 2025 In October 2025, we held our Annual General Meeting at our new Training Centre in KwaNzimakwe. Instead of a large gathering, this
The last mile: our journey to every child
August 2025 At Impande, we believe every child deserves access to quality early learning, no matter where they are born. But in South Africa’s poorest
Hope, hard work, and heart : impande
November 2025 In October 2025, we held our Annual General Meeting at our new Training Centre in KwaNzimakwe. Instead of a large gathering, this
The last mile: our journey to every child
August 2025 At Impande, we believe every child deserves access to quality early learning, no matter where they are born. But in South Africa’s poorest
What happens when parents get involved
June 2025 At Impande, we work to improve access to ECD by strengthening the people and places that shape a child’s first five years. That
The impande journey
STARTING POINT: Women caring for malnourished and under-stimulated children from a makeshift structure
starting point
Women caring for malnourished and under-stimulated children from a makeshift structure
data
Data collected on all ECD centres and saved in database
nutrition
Breakfast served daily at the ECD centre
resources & training
Learning resources and ongoing training
infrastructure
Safe buildings, water and sanitation
registration
Assistance to register with government
funding
Subsidy from government for food and staff salaries
mentoring
Mentoring to support ECD practice and institutional capacity
enrolment
Increase is seen in children enrolled at ECD centres
outcome
More children provided with safe care, stimulation and learning
data
Data collected on all ECD centres and saved in database
nutrition
Breakfast served daily at the ECD centre
resources & training
Learning resources and ongoing training
infrastructure
Safe buildings, water and sanitation
registration
Assistance to register with government
funding
Subsidy from government for food and staff salaries
mentoring
Mentoring to support ECD practice and institutional capacity.
enrolment
Increase is seen in children enrolled at ECD centres
outcome: More children provided with safe care, stimulation and learning.
network & helpdesk
infrastructure improvements
data & resource allocation
training & mentoring
registration & policy
youth development for ecd
network & helpdesk
infrastructure improvements
data & resource allocation
training & mentoring
registration & policy
youth development for ecd
We catalyse investment in Early Childhood Development to give children a fair start in life.
We catalyse Investment in ECD to give children a fair start in life.
