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Kidogo Early Years: Sustainable and scalable model of early childhood care and education for Kenya’s urban slums

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Start Date: 01/10/2014- End Date: 01/11/2016


Project Lead(s): Sabrina Premji, Racheal Nduku

Kidogo Early Years is a social enterprise that seeks to transform the trajectory of these young children by providing high-quality, affordable, early childhood care and education in urban slums. 

Their innovative “hub and spoke" model is based on a two-fold approach: first, establishing best-practice early childhood development (ECD) “hubs” with a holistic curriculum that nurtures healthy growth and development, with caregivers trained on the principles of ECD. 

Secondly, Kidogo works to improve the quality of local baby care centres through its micro-franchising program with local “mama-preneurs” that would be given a “business-in-a-box”, including relevant training materials, resources and support.

Initially, Kidogo will establish two ECD “hub” centres and five micro-franchised “spokes", directly reaching over 250 children under the age of five, as they prove their business model. This approach aims to improve physical, psycho-social and cognitive indicators for the enrolled children, as well as contribute to improving economic opportunities for local women. 

Impact and Results

  • 2 “hubs” (best-practice community day care centres) and between 5-10 “spokes” (micro-franchises) will be established.
  • 200 children will attend a Kidogo “hub” or “spoke”.
  • 22 local staff will be hired to work at the “hubs” and ”spokes” centres.

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    Saving Brains

    Institution

    Kidogo

    Institution Country

    Canada

    Implementation Country

    Kenya

    Implementation Region

    Sub-Saharan Africa

    Priority

    Addressing Neglect, Caregiving Environment Outside of Home, Creating Nurturing Environments for Child Development, Environmental health, Exposure to toxins contaminants and pollutants, Non-communicable Diseases

    Platform

    Behaviour Change Communication, Non-health provider training, Service Delivery, Social Franchise

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