An evaluation of a family support programme in the southern Free State

Authors

  • Lochner Marais University of the Free State
  • Mark Ingle University of the Free State
  • Donald Skinner University of Stellenbosch
  • Kholisa Sigenu University of the Free State

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.38140/aa.v44i1.1342

Abstract

This article details the evaluation of an NGO Family Support Programme (FSP) that was implemented in the southern Free State’s Kopanong local municipality. The FSP is primarily aimed at strengthening Early Childhood Development (ECD) in what is a very socio-economically deprived environment for small children. The article argues for the critical importance of ECD within the human development paradigm. It then reports on the actual FSP assessment and advances a number of recommendations for how the initiative could be bolstered. It concludes that the FSP methodology is sound in principle and that it warrants replication at scale.

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Published

2012-01-31

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