Effective early childhood programming requires a foundation of strong partnerships that underlie an integration of services, and a multidisciplinary approach that recognises the important role played by each partner in contributing to improved child outcomes.

AfECN focuses on supporting national networking that targets ECD actors from different sectors — across the public, private, and community spectrums — and supports the development and delivery of national plans.

Strategic Activities

1. PROVIDE A NATIONAL ECD MAPPING AND AUDIT SUPPORT

Mobilise resources to support countries in conducting a mapping of all key ECD actors from different sectors spanning public, private and other non-state actors.

2. FACILITATE NATIONAL CROSS-SECTORAL NETWORKING

Mobilise financing to support the strengthening of existing and new networks and provide technical support in establishing a clear structure of governance."

 

OUR NATIONAL ADVOCACY PARTNERS

 

West Africa

  1. Early Childhood Network Ghana (ECNG)

  2. Early Childhood Development Alliance- Liberia

  3. Réseau National des Acteurs pour le Développment de la Petite Enfance (RENADPE)- Senegal

  4. Communauté de Pratique de développment de la Petite Enfance- Côte d’Ivoire

  5. Early Childhood Development Cameroon

  6. Foundation for the Promotion of Childhood Care and Development (FPCD)-Nigeria

  7. National Early Childhood Development Network Gambia

East Africa

  1. Tanzania Early Childhood Development Network (TECDEN)

  2. Early Childhood Development Network for Kenya (ECDNeK)

  3. National Early Childhood Network Uganda (NENU)

  4. Burundi Early Childhood Platform (BECP)

  5. The National Network for Early Childhood Development in DRC- (NECD-DRC)

  6. Ethiopia Early Childhood Network (EECN)

  7. National Child Development Agency (NCDA)- Rwanda

  8. Zanzibar Network for Early Childhood Development (ZaNECD)

Southern Africa

  1. Sikanye Nawe Early Childhood Initiative (SNECI) Eswatini

  2. Zimbabwe Network of Early Childhood Development Actors (ZINECDA)

  3. Early Childhood Development Action Network- Zambia (ECDAN-Z)

  4. Early Childhood Development Coalition of Malawi

  5. Network of Early Childhood Development of Lesotho (NECDOL)

  6. National Early Childhood Development Alliance (NECDA)- South Africa

Lusophone

  1. Rede Associative Para O Desenvolvimento Da Primeira  Infância (RDPI)- Mozambique

  2. Associação de Actores Sociais de Promoção dos Direitos da Primeira Infância Angola (AASPDPIA)

  3. Rede Nacional dos Jardins de Infância de Guiné- Bissau (RENAJI-GB)

  4. Rede National de Proteção da Infância em Cabo Verde (RNPIA)