Early Child Care Development (ECCD) Program
With the support of HCL Foundation, Bro Siga Social Service Guild (BSSSG) runs two Early Childhood Care Development (ECCD) centers in Chennai ( Gandhingar and Sholinganallur) and Madurai ( Nethaji Nagar and Vanidyur) from February 2018.
The ECCD centers aim to help the development of children with 5 set of skills- cognitive, motor, language, social and creative with completely play way methods. All these ECCD centers are handled by trained staff and supported by care givers.
Apart from the education, under ECCD we also undertake periodical medical check ups for children, orientation for parents & community care givers, conduct special programs to mark various special days round the year and environment conservation etc.,
The ECCD centers aim to help the development of children with 5 set of skills- cognitive, motor, language, social and creative with completely play way methods. All these ECCD centers are handled by trained staff and supported by care givers.
Apart from the education, under ECCD we also undertake periodical medical check ups for children, orientation for parents & community care givers, conduct special programs to mark various special days round the year and environment conservation etc.,
The reach of the ECCD Centers as of January 2019
Chennai ECCD Centers:
- Improved capacity building to 12 ECCD staff and 10 area women
- 94 children enrolled and benefitted.
- 38 children(20 boys,18 girls) promoted to primary education
- 216 attended parents meeting and got information HCL support and made aware on the importance of child development.
- 64 stakeholders actively involved the ECCD program.
- 93 children regularly monitored their health through medical check up
- 110 children enrolled and benefitted
- 29 (12 boys 17 girls) completed five years of age have improved age appropriate skills in 8 areas of child development and romoted to Primary education and followed up
- 10 days training and 4 days incremental training was arranged – 9 staff and 7 women trained by Mobile crèches from Delhi and updated their knowledge.
- Once in three months the parents meeting held and 91 parents and 36 stakeholders actively participated in Parents meeting and involved in ECCD program.
- With the awareness meeting on World Breast feeding - 28 lactating mothers benefitted.
- Three medical checkup was arranged – 87 ECCD children and 49 area children treated with the help of SUHAM Trust.
