Worldwide, an estimated 200 million children fail to meet developmental potential often due to poverty, inadequate learning opportunities, and nutritional deficiencies. Early Childhood Development refers to a child’s physical, social, emotional, linguistic, and cognitive well-being before the age of 8, and is proven to be one of the most cost effective of interventions. Raleigh International provides pre-education centre’s known as Early Childhood Development Centres (ECD Centres) for rural and vulnerable communities, reaching the children and families who have the most need. In these communities, the centres are not simply preschools, but safe havens for the most vulnerable children who may be lacking other basic amenities including food and nutrition which directly impacts a child’s development. The cost of one facility is about £22,000 and we hope to raise this amount with support from our private and corporate sponsors. Once, built the facility will have a long term positive impact on children and their families in the local area. In addition Raleigh International volunteers from the UK will also gain a life changing experience through their work in building the facility. 

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