DOCUMENT RESUME PS 022 590 ED 382 298 Education TITLE Directory of Early Childhood Care and Organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa.First Edition. Scientific, and Cultu.:al INSTITUTION United Nations Educational, Organization, Paris (France). REPORT NO ISBN-92-3-102818-9 PUB DATE 92 NOTE 289p. AVAILABLE FROM ECCE Directories: Sub-SaharanAfrica, YCFE Project, UNESCO, 7 Place de Fontenoy,75007 Paris, France (French edition available). PUB TYPE Reference Materials Directories/Catalogs (132) EDRS PRICE MFO1 /PC12 Plus Postage. *Day Care; DESCRIPTORS *Community Programs; Cooperative Programs; *Developing Nations; *Early ChildhoodEducation; *Family Programs; Foreign Countries;*International Organizations; Program Descriptions IDENTIFIERS *Africa (Sub Sahara) ABSTRACT This directory describes 241non-governmental and governmental organizations, based in40 sub-Saharan African countries, involved in earlychildhood care, development, and education. A useful information sourcefor those working with and for children, the directory encouragesand facilitates communication and information-sharing between individuals andinstitutions seeking to improve the situation of childrenworldwide. An analytical section contains two articles: "Childhoodin Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities (Bernard P.Y.Combes) and "Early Childhood Care and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: SurveyFindings" (Joan Furman Combes). The organizational profilesinclude the following and fax information:(1) organization name, address, telephone numbers; (2) contact person;(3) date founded;(4) number of salaried and non-salaried staff;(5) current budget;(6) major objective; (7) countries where the organizationis active;(8) types of actions undertaken by the organization;(9) cooperation and partnerships with other organizations and differentcommunities; (10) young child, family, and community programs withinthe organization;(11) target activities. In addition groups;(12) services; and (13) information to alphabetical and geographicalindexes, the directory includes 5 additional indexes, by country referencecodes; organization acronyms; types of actions; focusof programs; and services. Appendices include a directory of UNESCONational Commissions in Sub-Saharan Africa; United NationsInformation Centers in Sub-Saharan Africa; organizations and agenciesinvolved in childhood actions in Sub-Saharan Africa; and a list ofapproximately 257 selected publications and databases on childhood,family, and community issues. (SM) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the bestthat can be made from the original document. *****************************A;,AAA:.*u**A;,AA-**AA. 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Published in 1992 by the United Nations Educational, SL cm! tk. and Cultural Orpnu.ation 7 Place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris ISBN 92-3-102818-9 PREFACE by the Director-General of UNESCO "Utazi agakura abaga umutavu- He who ignores the future refuses to help childhood" (Kirundi proverb) Children are the most vulnerable group in human society.They require constant care and education in their early years to ensure their survival and development.Research demonstrates that, of all age groups, children are most affected by adverse conditions and that delay inany one dimension of the child's development influences adversely the whole child. Thus, nutritional, physical, psycho-social or cognitive deficits incurred by children in the crucial early years are interactive and cumulative to a much greater extent than ever again in the life cycle. Such research has focused attention on the need to provide good quality, integratedcare during the first years of life. Yet, nations are slow to invest in children, who are in fact the promise of their future. Recently released U.S. Census Bureau figures show that childrennow make up 40% of America's poor.Likewise, the alarming economic decline of Sub-Saharan Africa and its rapid population growth indicate that the situation of children in most African countries isone of high risk. International reaction to the situation, though insufficient at the level of funding from richer countries, has been swift and energetic.Three major international events in favour of children have marked the last three years: the ratification by the United Nations ofthe Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, the Jomtien World Conferenceon Education for All in 1990, followed in September of the same year by the World Summit for Children.Goals for the year 2000 proclaimed during these assemblies included expansion ofearly childhood development activities, universal access to basic education and completion of primaryeducation by at least 80% of primary school age children. At the level of the funding agencies, both the World Bank and the UnitedNations Development Fund (UNDP) have greatlyincreasedtheirfundingfor human resources development and basic education in the developing world. The specialised agenciessuch as the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF have also answered the callto invest urgently in childhood care and education. UNICEF, in particular, has greatly increasedits educational personnel at national level with the intention of contributing significantlyto basic education, especially for girls, and has created a central unit at headquarters in New Yorkto co-ordinate educational activities, including early child development.Similarly, the major international NGOs in the field of child care and education, suchas the Bernard van Leer Foundation and Save The Children, continue to promote child welfare and education througha multitude of co- operative ventures with government and local NGOs.Their work has been exemplary in its concentration on the integral development of the child, itsgrass-roots contacts, its promotion of local expertise and the attention paid to community development and socialchange, linked to continuous and appropriate backstopping. UNESCO, too, recognizing that good quality early childhood developmentprograms have a positive and permanent influence on later schooling achievementand are a major entry point for the education of women, established in November 1989a special project: The Young Child and the Family Environment.The Project participates in United Nationsor other international initiatives in favour of children and families;encourages governments to integrate early childhood programmes in their long-term social and economic planning; givestechnical aid and assistanceinthe design and planning of innovative,community-based,integrated programmes in early childhood development; acts as a clearing house for information and exchange by promoting the use of existing knowledgeon the development of the young child and its family environment and by disseminating informationon successful policies, programmes and activities. The publication of the present Directory, timed to coincide with the African Child International Conference convened by the Organization of African Unity and UNICEF,is part of UNESCO's contribution to the Conference. We are pleased to show the splendid workbeing accomplished for children in Africa by organizations from all parts of the world, but particularly by dedicated African men and women. We trust that the information made available in the Directory will facilitate contacts among institutions and individuals working in the field of the young child and the family environment and convince themof the convergence of their interests and the need for concerted efforts to ensure a fair start for children. Federico Mayor Table of Contents Preface Index of Countries List of Organizations by Country 11 Overview of the Directory The Young Child and the Family Environment Project 23 The Directory of Early Childhood Care and Education Organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa 27 John Bennett Articles Childhood in Sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and opportunities 33 Bernard Combes Early childhood care and education in Sub-Saharan Africa: survey findings 45 Joanne Furman Combes Equivalences of Descriptors Used in the Profiles (English/French/Portuguese) 53 Profiles of Organizations by Country 65 Information Lists UNESCO National Commissions in Sub-Saharan Africa 207 United Nations Information Centres in Sub-Saharan Africa 213 Organizations/agencies involved in