Our approach to ECD support is collaborative, identifying resources that already exist within the
local community, working with each center to identify both their strengths and their needs, then
coordinating access and monitoring the delivery of needed inputs. Beyond a coordinating role,
we maximize impact and promote sustainability through mentoring, helping to bridge the gap
between the provision of training, materials and other inputs and the translation of those investments
into better center management, better classroom practice and better child outcomes in the
long term. Our approach is also holistic, incorporating a health component to help ensure
adequate child nutrition, monitor child growth, and refer children for available services. We
evaluate our work at multiple points at both the environmental and child level to measure
effectiveness against our goals and objectives. Five of the original Network centres are now
registered with the Department of Social Development, accessing per child subsidies that will help
them sustain the progress they have made and continue to deliver higher quality care to some of
the highest-need children in the area.