Exciting News! The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Arts, Sports and Culture (MEIYSAC) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) started distributing Early Childhood Development Kits, which are real Treasure Boxes full of Activities to support Educarers in stimulating curiosity and playful learning.
For more information, you can read the Concept Note for these kits here.
Right Start has successfully been included into Namibia’s sixth National Development Plan (NDP6) as a Flagship Program under the Focus Area of Integrated Early Childhood Development (No. 4.2.1. on page 142), and it was officially relaunched on 7 August 2025, and it was highlighted that Civil Society Organizations are essential for the success of ECD in Namibia.
Focusing on improved Early Childhood Development is a game changer, as the First 1,000 Days (during pregnancy until 2-3 years of age) are a golden window of opportunity, where most of our physical, social, emotional, intellectual and cognitive development happens, and nutrition plays a key role.
In 2022, the Namibian Government in close collaboration with Unicef Namibia developed an ECD Curriculum and an ECD Resource Guide for Educarers, Parents, and Care-givers of Children in Namibia aged 0-2 years.
These documents are an invaluable addition to the already existing Early Childhood Curriculum Framework for Children aged 3-4 years, from 2013.
All documents are available here:
Miss Namibia 2019, Ms Nadja Breytenbach, highlights the importance of breastfeeding!
Namibian Musician KALUX, highlights how health and nutrition are key!
