The SHAMBA Trust
We work in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
• Where the prevalence of HIV is the highest in the world: o 31% of adults aged 18-49 o 43% among pregnant women • Where there are many orphans and vulnerable children: o 125,000 orphans - and growing o 25% of under 18s are AIDS orphans • Where poverty is severe o 70% of Swazis live on less than 1.25US$ per day o 40% of Swazis are unemployed
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We support community efforts:
• to provide high quality preschool education for children from the most disadvantaged backgrounds • to promote early childhood development at family and community levels • to provide children with adequate nutrition • to help parents and carers practise responsive communication and learning through play with their infants and toddlers
We support community efforts:
• to provide high quality preschool education for children from the most disadvantaged backgrounds • to promote early childhood development at family and community levels • to provide children with adequate nutrition • to help parents and carers practise responsive communication and learning through play with their infants and toddlers
We work in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland):
• Where the prevalence of HIV is the highest in the world: o 31% of adults aged 18-49 o 43% among pregnant women • Where there are many orphans and vulnerable children: o 125,000 orphans - and growing o 25% of under 18s are AIDS orphans • Where poverty is severe o 70% of Swazis live on less than 1.25US$ per day o 40% of Swazis are unemployed
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Community Support
We engage with communities through Neighbourhood Care Points (NCPs). These care points are centered round a kitchen, where volunteer caregivers from the community cook a mid-day meal for orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs). NCPs were established by local volunteers to cater for the growing number of OVCs resulting from the AIDS epidemic. Follow this link to see how NCPs have developed into a national programme supported by Government and donors. We currently work with four NCP committees to help them go beyond feeding and provide high quality early years education and development opportunities for their most disadvantaged children. Each of the NCPs is the focal point for SHAMBA support activities, which include preschools, parenting programmes and child protection and health. The four communities are: Nkoyoyo, Roma, Makhwane and Maplazini. At Nkoyoyo the NCP kitchen was built by the Swedish Free Church and one of the church buildings is used as the preschool. At the other locations, the communities asked SHAMBA to to build kitchen/preschool structures to replace their former mud and stick kitchens. All the committees are chaired by local leaders and represent the community, parents, guardians and children attending the preschool, as well as SHAMBA.
Community Support
We engage with communities through Neighbourhood Care Points (NCPs). These care points are centered round a kitchen, where volunteer caregivers from the community cook a mid-day meal for orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs). NCPs were established by local volunteers to cater for the growing number of OVCs resulting from the AIDS epidemic. Follow this link to see how NCPs have developed into a national programme supported by Government and donors. We currently work with four NCP committees to help them go beyond feeding and provide high quality early years education and development opportunities for their most disadvantaged children. Each of the NCPs is the focal point for SHAMBA support activities, which include preschools, parenting programmes and child protection and health. The four communities are: Nkoyoyo, Roma, Makhwane and Maplazini. At Nkoyoyo the NCP kitchen was built by the Swedish Free Church and one of the church buildings is used as the preschool. At the other locations, the communities asked SHAMBA to to build kitchen/preschool structures to replace their former mud and stick kitchens. All the committees are chaired by local leaders and represent the community, parents, guardians and children attending the preschool, as well as SHAMBA.
Bright Future Preschools
Origin and purpose
The effect of the AIDS epidemic on children born into poor households is devastating. They are poorly nourished and receive very little brain stimulation. As a result they drop out of school early and struggle to find jobs, thus perpetuating the intergenerational poverty cycle. The provision of quality preschool education has been shown to be one of the most cost effective ways of reducing poverty, and SHAMBA has established eight high quality preschools, each with 20 free places. We help to identify or build fit for purpose structures, employ and train teachers from the community, source resources and equipment as well as provide a nutritious breakfast for the children. With the community we enroll children from the most disadvantaged families and ensure that they receive an early years education and development experience at least equal to that of their peers from more advantaged backgrounds.
Circle time with Teresa,
Thuli and Barbara
Outdoor play
Breakfast
Bright Future Preschools
Origin and purpose
The effect of the AIDS epidemic on children born into poor households is devastating. They are poorly nourished and receive very little mental stimulation. As a result they drop out of school early and struggle to find jobs, thus perpetuating the intergenerational poverty cycle. The provision of quality preschool education has been shown to be one of the most cost effective ways of reducing poverty, and SHAMBA has established eight high quality preschools, each with 20 free places. We help to identify or build fit for purpose structures, employ and train teachers from the community, source resources and equipment as well as provide a nutritious breakfast for the children. With the community we enrol children from the most disadvantaged families and ensure that they receive an early years education and development experience at least equal to that of their peers from more advantaged backgrounds.
Parenting Programme
In 2018 SHAMBA started a parenting programme called Positive Interaction of Parents with their Infants and Toddlers (PIPIT). The objective of PIPIT is to use the NCP/preschool setting to develop a programme of support for parents and carers which promotes responsive caregiving and opportunities for early learning for infants and toddlers from disadvantaged families. The PIPIT programme complements the preschool programme and helps communities support children in disadvantaged families from birth through to primary school. In the communities we work with, SHAMBA has found there is little understanding by mothers and other carers of the need for appropriate stimulation of infants and toddlers through responsive caregiving and opportunities for play. The PIPIT programme’s main focus is therefore on two of the components of nurturing care, viz: responsive caregiving and opportunities for early learning through play. At the PIPIT sessions mothers bring their infants and toddlers to the preschool where SHAMBA staff work with them to develop their knowledge of the importance of mother/child interactions and how these can be implemented in their home settings
A PIPIT session with mothers and their
infants and toddlers at Makhwane NCP
Materials and handouts used in the PIPIT sessions
Parenting Programme
In 2018 SHAMBA started a parenting programme called Positive Interaction of Parents with their Infants and Toddlers (PIPIT). The objective of PIPIT is to use the NCP/preschool setting to develop a programme of support for parents and carers which promotes responsive caregiving and opportunities of early learning for infants and toddlers from disadvantaged families. The PIPIT programme complements the preschool programme and helps communities support children in disadvantaged families from birth through to primary school.
At the PIPIT sessions mothers bring their infants and
toddlers to the preschool where SHAMBA staff work with
them to develop their knowledge of the importance of
mother/child interactions and how these can be
implemented in their home settings
Materials and handouts used in the PIPIT sessions
A PIPIT session with mothers and their
infants and toddlers at Makhwane NCP
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
SHAMBA’s health promotion activities include:
• At the preschools we monitor the children’s health and ensure their immunisations are up-to-date, we also focus on ‘brushing our teeth’. A volunteer dentist provides the preschool children with free care. • Good hand hygiene is focussed on in the kitchen and at the preschool.
•
We provide a healthy breakfast and lunch for
the preschool children.
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With help from Children’s Cup, we provide a
nutritious lunch for about 180 children each
month at three locations in Mpolonjeni.
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
SHAMBA’s health promotion activities include:
• At the preschools we monitor the children’s health and ensure their immunisations are up-to-date, we also focus on ‘brushing our teeth’. A volunteer dentist provides the children with free care. • Good hand hygiene is focussed on in the kitchen and at the preschool. • We provide a healthy breakfast and lunch for the preschool children. • With help from Children’s Cup, we provide a nutritious lunch for about 180 children each month at three locations in Mpolonjeni.
SHAMBA Eswatini
Establishment and mission
The SHAMBA Trust (Eswatini) was established on 11 March, 2011 as An Association Not For Profit in terms of Section 17 of the Swaziland Companies Act. Our aim is to develop the capacity of communities to provide disadvantaged children from AIDS affected households with an equitable foundation to lifelong development through the provision of high quality early childhood care and education.Staff
SHAMBA Swaziland is governed by volunteer Directors, office management staff and a teacher and support worker at each Bright Future Preschool (move the cursor over the photo to see biodata).
Directors
Bright Future Roma
Bright Future Makhwane
management and office support staff
Bright Future Maplazini
Seraphy Resting
Sinethemba is a company director. She joined the SHAMBA Board in 2019. She brings many years of experience of company
administration and dealing with corporate finance and legal issues.
Allan Low
Allan has 23 years experience as an agricultural economist in Southern and Eastern Africa. He wrote a text book on
Agricultural Development in Southern Africa based on his early work in Swaziland. Allan decided to settle here after
retiring.
Rose is the support worker at the Maplazini preschool. She joined SHAMBA in 2019 and was trained by Teresia at
Nkoyoyo. She is from the Maplazini community.
Nhlanhla Bhembe
Nhlanhla is our accounting technician. Nhlanhla completed his CAT exams and will qualify as an accounting technician
once he has been accredited with practical competencies, which we hope he will accomplish while working for us.
Joy Rockley-Zwane
Joy grew up in the UK and attended university there. She came to Swaziland in 1983 to get married. She has two
children and works as a dentist in her own practice in Mbabane.
Thembi Silombo
Thembi attended school in Piggs Peak in the North of Swaziland. After leaving school she gained an AAT accounting
qualification and is currently enrolled with UNISA pursuing her BCOM degree. In 2004, she joined FNB where she is
now a member of FNB 's Junior Board.
Nonhlanhla Dlamini
Nonhlanhla is our ECD officer at Nkoyoyo preschool. She joined SHAMBA at the end of 2015. She shadowed Mapule at
Nkoyoyo preschool during the last term of 2015 and will take over from her in 2016. She has previously been invoved
in training parents on early childhood education and development.
Teresa Magagula
Teresa is our support worker at the Nkoyoyo preschool. She has been with SHAMBA since 2011, when we started our
first preschool at Nkoyoyo. She is a resident of Nkoyoyo and a member of the Swedish Free Church, whose building
the Nkoyoyo preschool occupies.
Busisiswe Sithole
Busisiwe joined the SHAMBA management team in June 2019 as ECCE Manager/Human Resources Manager. Busi had
six years experience as a preschool teacher trainer before joining SHAMBA. She has certificates in early childhood
development, a certificate in adult education and a diploma in human resources management.
Kanyisile Mashinini
Kanyisile is our support worker at the Roma preschool. She has been with SHAMBA since 2015, when she spent the
last term shadowing Teresa at Nkoyoyo preschool . She is a resident of Roma and a former caregiver at the Roma 2
Neighbourhood Care Point.
Zethu Bhembe
Zethu has been with SHAMBA since 2016. She was the deputy ECD officer at Ntambande until May 2018, when she
moved to Makhwane as the ECD officer and opened the new school there. She has an IGCSE certificate.
Cebsile is the ECD officer at Maplazini. She has been with SHAMBA since January 2019. She is from the local
community.
Nomalizo is our support worker at Bright Future Makhwane. She trained at Nkoyoyo before she joined Zethu to set up
the new preschool at Makhwane. She is a resident of Makhwane and has a JC qualification.
Thulie is our assistant ECD officer at the Ntambande preschool. She joined SHAMBA in 2018. Prior to that she worked
as a support worker at the Nkoyoyo preschool as an employee of the Swedish Free Church. She is from the Nkoyoyo
community.
Tandzile is is our ECD officer at Bright Future Makhwane. She trained at Nkoyoyo before she took over from Zethu at
Makhwane. She is a resident of Makhwane and has a JC qualification and a preschool training diploma from Edugate.
SHAMBA Eswatini
Establishment and mission
The SHAMBA Trust (Eswatini) was established on 11 March, 2011 as An Association Not For Profit in terms of Section 17 of the Swaziland Companies Act. Our aim is to develop the capacity of communities to provide disadvantaged children from AIDS affected households with an equitable foundation to lifelong development through the provision of high quality early childhood care and education.Staff
SHAMBA Swaziland is governed by volunteer Directors (move the cursor over the photo to see biodata).
Directors
The work of the Trust is undertaken by two
volunteer executive directors (Drs Anne and
Allan Low - see above) and twenty paid staff
ECD officers and preschool support staff
Management and office support staff
Seraphy Resting
Sinethemba is a company director. She joined the
SHAMBA Board in 2019. She brings many years of
experience of company administration and dealing with
corporate finance and legal issues.
Allan Low
Allan has 23 years experience as an agricultural
economist in Southern and Eastern Africa. He wrote a
text book on Agricultural Development in Southern Africa
based on his early work in Swaziland. Allan decided to
settle here after retiring.
Rose is the support worker at the Maplazini preschool.
She joined SHAMBA in 2019 and was trained by Teresia
at Nkoyoyo. She is from the Maplazini community.
Joy Rockley-Zwane
Joy grew up in the UK and attended university there.
She came to Swaziland in 1983 to get married. She
has two children and works as a dentist in her own
practice in Mbabane.
Thembi Silombo
Thembi attended school in Piggs Peak in the North of
Swaziland. After leaving school she gained an AAT
accounting qualification and is currently enrolled with
UNISA pursuing her BCOM degree. In 2004, she joined
FNB where she is now a member of FNB 's Junior Board.
Nonhlanhla Dlamini
Nonhlanhla is our ECD officer at Nkoyoyo preschool. She
joined SHAMBA at the end of 2015. She has a GCE
certificate, a certificate in Phychological Support from
the University of Eswatini and a certificate in Pre-
School Teacher Development from the Baha’i
Community Schools.
Teresa Magagula
Teresa is our assistant ECD officer at Nkoyoyo preschool.
She has been with SHAMBA since 2011, when we started
our first preschool at Nkoyoyo. She is a resident of
Nkoyoyo and a member of the Swedish Free Church,
whose building the Nkoyoyo preschool occupies.
Tandzile is is our ECD officer at Bright Future Makhwane.
She trained at Nkoyoyo before she took over from Zethu
at Makhwane. She is a resident of Makhwane and has a JC
qualification and a preschool training diploma from
Edugate.
Nomalizo is our community support worker at Bright
Future Makhwane. She trained at Nkoyoyo before she
joined Zethu to set up the new preschool at Makhwane.
She is a resident of Makhwane and has a JC qualification.
Kanyisile Mashinini
Kanyisile is our assistant ECD officer at Roma preschool.
She has been with SHAMBA since 2015, when she spent
the a term shadowing Teresa at Nkoyoyo preschool . She
is a resident of Roma and a former caregiver at the Roma
2 Neighbourhood Care Point.
Zethu has been with SHAMBA since 2016. She was the
deputy ECD officer at Ntambande until May 2018, when she
moved to Makhwane as the ECD officer and opened the
new school there. She has an IGCSE certificate.
Nhlanhla Bhembe
Nhlanla is our accounting technician. Nhlanhla completed
his CAT exams and will qualify as an accounting
technician once he has been accredited with practical
competencies, which we hope he will accomplish while
working for us.
Busisiwe Sithole
Busi joined the SHAMBA management team in June 2019
as ECCE Manager/Human Resources Manager. She had six
years experience as a preschool teacher trainer before
joining SHAMBA. She has certificates in early childhood
development, a certificate in adult education and a
diploma in human resources management.
Thulie is our assistant ECD officer at the Ntambande
preschool. She joined SHAMBA in 2018. Prior to that she
worked as a support worker at the Nkoyoyo preschool as
an employee of the Swedish Free Church. She is from the
Nkoyoyo community.
Cebsile is the ECD officer for the new preschool at
Maplazini. She has been with SHAMBA since January 2019.
She has a preschool teacher qualification from Edugate.
She is from the local community.
SHAMBA UK
Establishment and objectives
The SHAMBA Trust (UK) was established as a small charity in December 2011. It is registered with the UK Charity Commission, registration number: 1149849. SHAMBA UK shares the mission and objectives of SHAMBA Eswatini. The funds raised by SHAMBA UK are used mainly, but not exclusively, to support activities undertaken by SHAMBA Eswatini, based on agreed annual activity plans.Trustees
The trustees have all lived and/or worked in Africa. They include specialists in HIV/AIDS, health promotion, accountancy, human resources management and agriculture.
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see biodata
Ruth Bell
Ruth is a Senior Lecturer and
Honorary Public Health
Consultant at Newcastle
University. Her research
interests focus on maternal and
perinatal health. She has
worked in Zimbabwe as a
physics teacher and in Namibia
as a public health specialist.
Kerry Wilcox
Kerry is the treasurer. Kerry
joined SHAMBA in 2018 and was
appointed Treasurer. She is a
retired accountant who has
done voluntary work in Eswatini
and has visited SHAMBA
preschools.
Jim Sweet
Jim is the chairperson. He is a
retired agriculturalist born and
raised in Kenya. He has long
experience in Africa, including
seven years in Swaziland with
the Commonwealth Development
Corporation and eight years in
Mozambique and Botswana with
FAO.
Sheila O’Sullivan
Sheila is a health promotion
specialist in East Sussex. She
previously worked with a
British NGO developing and
managing health promotion
programmes with international
and local partners in Namibia,
South Africa, Tanzania
Zimbabwe and the Middle East
Ken Charles
Ken is a retired UK civil
servant. He has worked in the
public servicdes of Ghana, the
Solomon islands (3 years) and
Eswatini (12 years) where he
was Director of Management
Services. He has often visited
the pre-school facilities and
was appointed a Trustee in
2020
SHAMBA UK
Establishment and objectives
The SHAMBA Trust (UK) was established as a small charity in December 2011. It is registered with the UK Charity Commission, registration number: 1149849. SHAMBA UK shares the mission and objectives of SHAMBA Eswatini. The funds raised by SHAMBA UK are used mainly, but not exclusively, to support activities undertaken by SHAMBA Eswatini, based on agreed annual activity plans.Trustees
The trustees have all lived and/or worked in Africa. They include specialists in HIV/AIDS, health promotion, accountancy, human resources management and agriculture.
touch photo to
see biodata
Ruth Bell
Ruth is a Senior Lecturer
and Honorary Public Health
Consultant at Newcastle
University. Her research
interests focus on maternal
and perinatal health. She
has worked in Zimbabwe as
a physics teacher and in
Namibia as a public health
specialist.
Kerry Wilcox is the
treasurer.
Kerry jolined SHAMBA in
2018. She is a retired
accountant who has done
voluntaary work in
Eswatini and has visited
SHAMBA preschools.
Jim Sweet is the chairperson
Jim is a retired
agriculturalist born and
raised in Kenya. He has long
experience in Africa,
including seven years in
Swaziland with the
Commonwealth
Development Corporation
and eight years in
Mozambique and Botswana
with FAO.
Sheila O’Sullivan
Sheila is a health
promotion specialist in East
Sussex. She previously
worked with a British NGO
developing and managing
health promotion
programmes with
international and local
partners in Namibia, South
Africa, Tanzania Zimbabwe
and the Middle East
Ken Charles
Ken is a retired UK civil
servant. He has worked in the
public servicdes of Ghana, the
Solomon islands (3 years) and
Eswatini (12 years) where he
was Director of Management
Services. He has often visited
the pre-school facilities and
was appointed a Trustee in
2020
SHAMBA Eswatini
PO Box 702, Mbabane
Eswatini
info@shambatrust.org
www.shambatrust.org
+268 76718387
SHAMBA UK
22 Gaudick Close
Eastbourne
BN20 7QF
UNITED KINGDOM
SHAMBA Eswatini
PO Box 702, Mbabane
Eswatini
info@shambatrust.org
www.shambatrust.org
+268 76718387
SHAMBA UK
22 Gaudick Close
Eastbourne
BN20 7QF
UNITED KINGDOM
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SHAMBA relies on donors for the continuation of its work. All donations help us to manage our projects and thereby help more children, young people and women in need. All contributions are greatly appreciated and a receipt will be emailed to you.
Monthly recurring donations make it easy for us to plan our ongoing activities while considering options for expansion
into new projects.
If you would like to make a bank deposit or set up a standing order, we have bank accounts
with:
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preschool place scheme
with a donation of
£10/month
Monetary donations
SHAMBA relies on donors for the continuation of its work. All donations help us to manage our projects and thereby help more children, young people and women in need. All contributions are greatly appreciated and a receipt will be emailed to you.
Monthly recurring donations make it easy for us to
plan our ongoing activities.
If you would like to make a bank deposit or set
up a standing order, we have bank accounts
with:
follow the link to see
how you can join our
sponsor a preschool
place scheme with a
donation of £10/month
Help fund a preschool place - and make a real difference
click here to see how An OECD study provides evidence that quality preschool education for children living in poverty who would not otherwise receive it is one of the best poverty reduction interventions that can be made, with a 16:1 return. The impacts are dramatic. One study found that the percentages of children ready for primary school and graduating from high school were much higher for those receiving preschool education than those not receiving it.If you would like to set up a standing order, we have bank accounts with:
We will send you the above twice a year. In addition you could email letters or notes you would like us to read to the children.
Each information sheet will feature a different child, so you will get to know many of the children attending our preschools.
Please select an option below to help fund a preschool place. You can unsubscribe at any time.
How the scheme works
If you subscribe £10 per month (or more) we will send you regular information sheets with:
- Information on the featured child’s background
- Copy of a piece of work the child has recently done at
the school
- The latest teacher’s report on the child’s progress
Help fund a preschool place - and make a
real difference click here to see how
An OECD study provides evidence that quality preschool education for children living in poverty who would not otherwise receive it is one of the best poverty reduction interventions that can be made, with a 16:1 return. The impacts are dramatic. One study found that the percentages of children ready for primary school and graduating from high school were much higher for those receiving preschool education than those not receiving it.If you would like to set up a standing order, we
have bank accounts with:
We will send you the above twice a year. In addition
you could email letters or notes you would like us to
read to the children.
Each information sheet will feature a different child,
so you will get to know many of the children
attending our preschools.
Please select an option below to help fund a
preschool place. You can unsubscribe at any time.
How the scheme works:
If you subscribe £10 per month (or more) we will
send you regular information sheets with:
•
information on the featured child’s
background
•
Copy of a piece of work the child has recently
done at the school
•
A drawing or brief letter/note from the child
•
The latest teacher’s report on the child’s
progress
16 mile swim sponsorship
Start of the aQuelle Midmar Mile, the largest open
water swimming event in the World
My name is Chris Stapley. I live in
Eswatini. I am one of 10 swimmers
who have been invited to take part
in the aQuelle Midmar 16 mile club
event in February, 2018.
To take part in the event, swimmers
undertake to raise R20,000 for a
charity agreed to by the organisers.
I will be swimming for SHAMBA.
Mission Accomplished!
16 miles successfully swum and
E30,000 raised for SHAMBA and the
disadvantaged children in Eswatini
Congratulations Chris and thank you and
all your sponsors for your support to
SHAMBA
Rands
Corporate sponsors
16 mile swim sponsorship
Start of the aQuelle Midmar Mile, the largest open
water swimming event in the World
My name is Chris Stapley. I live in
Eswatini. I am one of 10 swimmers
who have been invited to take part
in the aQuelle Midmar 16 mile club
event in February, 2018.
To take part in the event, swimmers
undertake to raise R20,000 for a
charity agreed to by the organisers.
I will be swimming for SHAMBA.
Mission Accomplished!
16 miles successfully swum and
E30,000 raised for SHAMBA and the
disadvantaged children in Eswatini
Congratulations Chris and thank you
and all your sponsors for your
support to SHAMBA
Corporate sponsors
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Collect free donations to the SHAMBA Trust when you
shop online or in store, and support some of the
neediest children in Eswatini!
We are registered with Easyfundraising and Give As You
Live, both of which will donate a percentage of your
bill to us at no cost to yourselves. All you have to do is
sign up by clicking on one of the links below. Then
install the reminder toolbar which tells you when you
are on the site of a participating retailer. Both
fundraisers have their own apps to facilitate mobile
shopping. Amazon shoppers must first register with
Amazon Smile.
National Study of Preschool Education
A report on the analysis of the
study has been completed. You can
click on the title page of
the report below to play a
short presentation of the findings
In 2019 SHAMBA commissioned a national survey on the provision of preschool education.
We worked with the Eswatini Economic Policy Analysis and Research Centre (ESEPARC) to design, implement and analyse a survey of preschool provision in Eswatini. A random sample was taken of all Grade 1 students enrolled in 2019. For each sampled student, information was obtained on household background and preschool attended, if any. From each preschool attended by a sampled student, information was collected on the quality of preschool education provided. The study was completed just before COVID struck.
National Study of Preschool
Education
A report on the analysis of the
study has been completed. You can
click on the title page of
the report below to play a
short presentation of the findings
In 2019 SHAMBA commissioned a national survey
on the provision of preschool education.
We worked with the Eswatini Economic Policy Analysis and Research Centre (ESEPARC) to design, implement and analyse a survey of preschool provision in Eswatini. A random sample was taken of all Grade 1 students enrolled in 2019. For each sampled student, information was obtained on household background and preschool attended, if any. From each preschool attended by a sampled student, information was collected on the quality of preschool education provided. The study was completed just before COVID struck.