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| Metropolitan Community College/Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas” |
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Country: El Salvador
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Award Date: 1999
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Award Amount: $1,099,791.00
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Cost Share: $819,502.00
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Other Funds: $150,156.00
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Other Partners: USAID/El Salvador; Instituto Salvadoreño de Protección al Menor; Ministry of Education; UNICEF; Ministry of Public Health; Save the Children; Secretariat for External Financing; Creighton University; University of Maryland; Gallup Organization; Center for the Support of Breastfeeding; Catholic Relief Services; Doctors of the World France; Tin Marin Museum; AGAPE; Boy Scouts of El Salvador; Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce; Omaha Association for the Education of Young Children; Bright Horizons: Omaha 2000 Child Care Center; Casa de la Cultura de Guadalupe; Santillana Publishing Company; dozens of others
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This USAID/El Salvador-funded Special Initiative helped address the developmental needs of rural at-risk children between birth and 6 years of age. This effort was part of Early Education through the Family, a USAID early childhood education (ECE) activity. Throughout the collaboration, an ECE specialist from Metropolitan Community College (MCC) was based in El Salvador to help develop curriculum and materials, conduct training programs, provide technical support, and facilitate communication between the numerous stakeholders. Among other accomplishments, MCC and the Universidad Centroamericana 1) trained 100 ECE-related professionals (nutritionists, educators, psychologists, social workers) and 270 madres cuidadoras (non-professional childcare providers at rudimentary daycare centers); 2) convened a “National Congress” of the madres cuidadoras; 3) developed curriculum manuals and model manipulative kits in the areas of motor, socio-affective, cognitive, and linguistic development; 4) created a toy lending library in cooperation with UNICEF and other stakeholders; and 5) developed a crisis intervention program and curriculum for ECE professionals following the 2001 earthquakes. Through a multiplier effect, 330 daycare centers throughout El Salvador ultimately benefited from partnership activities.
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