Durban based Zero2Five Trust provides nutritional and educational support to children attending more than 400 under-resourced early childhood development (ECD) centres in vulnerable, mostly rural communities in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. Zero2Five also provides education and training for ECD practitioners and assists centres to register with the Department of Social Development (DSD) and apply for the ECD subsidy.
Following the announcement of school closures and the lockdown in March 2020, the Zero2Five team restructured their centre-based feeding. As for many civil society organisations, the pandemic demanded that Zero2Five adapt to implement disaster relief efforts. Their agility and ability to collaborate enabled them to continue providing nutritional support throughout lockdown and across the border into the Eastern Cape. Since August 2020, the team is back to supporting ECD centres to re-open and deliver its usual nutritional support and implementing more WASH (w
Durban’s Victor Daitz Foundation and Zero2Five Trust Provides Thousands Of KZN Pre-Schoolers With Meals Pictured with a 5kg bag of My Life porridge are from left: Bongomusa Dlamini, Esihle Majola, Kuhlekonke Khubo from Luthando Day Care, Dassenhoek. Credit Rogan Ward 3 months ago 2 min read
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Durban based Zero2Five Trust provides nutritional and educational support to children attending more than 400 under-resourced early childhood development (ECD) centres in vulnerable, mostly rural communities in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. Zero2Five also provides education and training for ECD practitioners and assists centres to register with the Department of Social Development (DSD) and apply for the ECD subsidy.