A 10% worsening in the indicator “lack of confidence” for a head-of- household is associated with a .35% decrease in the primary school enrollment for the household’s children urundi: Mental Health and Early Child Development World Bank – Burundian Government – Twitezimbere NGO The State of ECD in Burundi: • Experience in the early stages of development directly impacts future physical and mental health, learning, and behavior • A significant number of Burundian children show weak physical, psychological, social, and emotional development • Formal preschools cover only 1% of children in Burundi • Primary school enrollment remains below pre-crisis level, at 63% It included measures to: • Form mothers’ committees in each village • Select “executive body” members, responsible for conducting household surveys • Conduct surveys to find children under 6, and judge mothers’ willingness to participate in programs and contribute • Select teachers for the Early Child Centers • Evaluate the level of knowledge and literacy of mothers • Develop a training package including a TOT manual, teachers’ handbook, and educational aids • Train mothers in child nutrition, health, and psychosocial needs • Teach 3-6 year old children in the Early Child Centers Current Results/ Impacts Communes reached 34 Households 78,91 2 Mothers trained 1,330 Pre-school circles 196 Observed: • Children attending pre-school activities tend to do better during their first year of primary school Expected: • Improved community mobilization in decision making, basic service delivery, and monitoring • Increased number of people trained in ECD issues, knowledgeable about the psychosocial, health, and nutritional needs of children • Increased access to nutritional food and reduced child malnutrition, Overview: The ECD Project was a component of the Burundi Social Action Project, and involved psychosocial development through informal preschool, nutrition and health

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A 10% worsening in the indicator “lack of confidence” for a head-of-household is associated with a .35%decrease in the primary school enrollment for the household’s children

Burundi: Mental Health and Early Child DevelopmentWorld Bank – Burundian Government – Twitezimbere NGO

The State of ECD in Burundi:• Experience in the early stages of development directly impacts future physical and mental health, learning, and behavior

• A significant number of Burundian children show weak physical, psychological, social, and emotional development

• Formal preschools cover only 1% of children in Burundi

• Primary school enrollment remains below pre-crisis level, at 63%

It included measures to:• Form mothers’ committees in each village• Select “executive body” members, responsible for conducting household surveys • Conduct surveys to find children under 6, and judge mothers’ willingness to participate in programs and contribute• Select teachers for the Early Child Centers • Evaluate the level of knowledge and literacy of mothers • Develop a training package including a TOT manual, teachers’ handbook, and educational aids• Train mothers in child nutrition, health, and psychosocial needs• Teach 3-6 year old children in the Early Child Centers

Current Results/ Impacts

Communes reached 34

Households 78,912

Mothers trained 1,330

Pre-school circles 196

Pre-school students 16,451

Total children affected

600,000

Observed:• Children attending pre-school activities tend to do better during their first year of primary school

Expected:• Improved community mobilization in decision making, basic service delivery, and monitoring• Increased number of people trained in ECD issues, knowledgeable about the psychosocial, health, and nutritional needs of children• Increased access to nutritional food and reduced child malnutrition, morbidity, and mortality• Improved community capacities to foster the psychosocial development of children

Overview: The ECD Project was a component of the Burundi Social Action Project, and involved psychosocial development through informal preschool, nutrition and health