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Cotlands

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 Johannesburg, Gauteng

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Cotlands

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Babies, Children & Youth

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Johannesburg, South Africa

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We help create a more equal South African society by giving children access to play-based learning.

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Early childhood lays the foundation on which all future development builds, which makes it a particularly important and sensitive period of development in the lifespan of a human being. Worldwide it is recognised as a critical period during which children need to be protected and adequately nurtured. Young children’s physical, cognitive, emotional and social skills are essential for further development and must be adequately developed. Children’s innate potential will flourish, provided that they are well nourished, have a stable, caring and responsive adult to bond with, are protected from disease, violence and stress and have access to early learning opportunities. The potential of millions of young children is lost due to our inability to provide families access to quality play-based early childhood education programmes. Cotlands exists to close the access gap by offering innovative programmes that promote play-based learning. Through direct service delivery as well as in ...

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Nozizwe Dladla-Qwabe  profile photo

Nozizwe Dladla-Qwabe

Chief Operations Officer

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Randy Mkhando

Business Development Assistant

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IgniteTraining for practitioners.

IgniteTraining for practitioners

Our CEO or Chief Play Officer, Dr. Monica Stach interacting with the children - her ...

Our CEO or Chief Play Officer, Dr. Monica Stach interacting with the children - her passion for teaching will always outway the boring business stuff she needs to do.

Our children having a story read to them. How engaged are they? The importance of asking ...

Our children having a story read to them. How engaged are they? The importance of asking questions to ensure that there is understanding.

Our MOBILE Toy Libraries allow us to reach more children in rural and under-resourced ...

Our MOBILE Toy Libraries allow us to reach more children in rural and under-resourced areas, creating access to play-based learning opportunities. Currently 70% of our children in SA do not have access to any form of early childhood development programmes. We are trying to reduce this. The more MOBILES we can get the more children we can reach

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