Deadline: 30-Apr-22
The Jim Joel Fund is now open for organizations to support early childhood development sector in South Africa.
In South Africa, The Childwick Trust operates under the name The Jim Joel Fund. The trust supports the early childhood development sector through its funding to Resource and Training Organisations (RTOs) that provide holistic programmes to support the growth, development and education of young children aged birth to five. The direct beneficiaries of The Jim Joel Fund’s investments are predominantly women who are most likely to care for and nurture young children.
Projects and Programmes that are delivered by RTOs:
Accredited Level 4 and 5 NQF training
- Skills based courses
- parenting courses
- Home visiting programmes
- Onsite enrichment programmes
- Capacity building and mentoring programmes for NGO leaders
- Materials development
- Outreach programmes
- Playgroups
- Toy libraries
- Support to ECD networks
- Operational costs funding
What they don’t fund
- Pre-schools. Please note that they do not fund any private, community and/or home based pre-schools
- Anything unrelated to training and support of early childhood development programmes in South Africa
- Capital costs i.e. purchase of a vehicle or building costs of any kind
- Bursaries
- Attendance at international or local conferences
- Research
Eligibility Criteria
Applicant’s organisation has an NPO number and a PBO number.
For more information, visit https://www.jimjoelfund.org/