Care project launched

CHILDREN from under-resourced communities in Cape Town and Gauteng will benefit from 21 Early Childhood Development Centres (ECDs) that will be built over the next two years.

The MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet community loyalty programme has launched a new partnership with the Grow with Educare Centres project and will establish high quality ECD centres in Cape Town and Gauteng.

The project, which received a R5million donation from MySchool, was launched at the Grow With Happy Feet Day Care in Joburg yesterday.

MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet general manager Pieter Twine said: “There will be the upgrading of facilities to meet mandatory ECD standards; leadership, business and education training for the micro-franchisee; educational training for child caregivers; provision of outstanding educational