{"id":219770,"date":"2022-03-18T14:05:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T12:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/usaid-and-the-lego-foundation-partner-to-improve-early-childhood-care-and-education-in-ethiopia?lang=en"},"modified":"2022-03-18T14:05:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T12:05:23","slug":"usaid-and-the-lego-foundation-partner-to-improve-early-childhood-care-and-education-in-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/usaid-and-the-lego-foundation-partner-to-improve-early-childhood-care-and-education-in-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"USAID and the LEGO Foundation partner to improve early childhood care and education in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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USAID\/Ethiopia and the LEGO Foundation have just announced a new public-private partnership to improve early childhood care and education across Ethiopia.  Both organizations have agreed to co-fund and co-design education projects worth at least $25 million that will help preschool aged children (ages 3 to 6+), with a focus on children living in conflict and crisis-affected regions, to play, learn, and develop to their full potential.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

“USAID\/Ethiopia and the LEGO Foundation are committed to increasing opportunities for pre-school-aged children to learn through play—at a key stage in brain-development—before they enter primary school,” says Acting USAID\/Ethiopia Mission Director James Dobson.  This incredible partnership builds on a national memorandum of understanding signed in August 2021.<\/p>\n

This collaborative work will commence in the coming months and will increase opportunities for children to participate in quality play-based, pre-primary activities that improve their early learning and holistic development.  It will prioritize children affected by crisis and conflict, including refugees and IDPs, returnees, and those in host communities.<\/p>\n

“Play provides comfort, helps children to overcome traumatic experiences, builds resilience, and returns them to the routine and normalcy of being a child.  This is especially important for young children whose families are on the move due to conflict and crises,” says Sarah Bouchie, Chief Impact Officer at the LEGO Foundation.<\/p>\n

USAID and the LEGO Foundation currently have a world-wide agreement to combine their respective strengths in education and development: leveraging resources, field presence, research, and the ability to meet the pre-primary and primary education needs of children in all corners of the world.  Together, they hope to create a future in which learning through play<\/em> empowers children to become the best they can be—creative and engaged life-long learners.<\/p>\n

USAID and the LEGO Foundation also understand the importance of partnerships in emergency response efforts, shown through their joint funding in the Education Cannot Wait<\/em> and Global Partnership for Education<\/em> initiatives and their collaborative work with the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies<\/em>.  When public and private partners come together to ensure access, quality, and equity in education in emergencies, they can transform children’s lives.<\/p>\n

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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