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Early childhood development

A child learns to write at an Early Childhood Development centre in Minthomore village, Port Loko District.

03 January 2020

Early childhood development

UNICEF is working with the Government and communities to make early moments matter for every child in Sierra Leone.

A teacher and some pupils stand in a classroom in Sierra Leone

19 January 2023

Reimagining the future for children in Sierra Leone

Play based early learning promotes pre-reading skills in Sierra Leone

A man reads a book to two girls inside a classroom.

Efforts to improve early childhood learning in Sierra Leone

UNICEF provides important teaching and learning materials to support ECD learning in vulnerable communities

A man holds a report in Freetown.

02 February 2022

Remarks delivered by Ms. Liv Indreiten, UNICEF Deputy Representative

At the national launch of the Early Grade Reading Assessment/Early Grade Mathematics Assessment Report

A man cuts the tape to officially open an early childhood education centre

09 September 2021

Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education of Sierra Leone, the Global Partnership for Education GPE and UNICEF complete construction of 30 ECD early childhood education classroom blocks

A child plays outside an ECD centre in Moyamba district

Making the early moments matter for Sierra Leone’s future le

Access to childhood development facilities remains a challenge for children in Sierra Leone

Turning of the sod for construction of Early Childhood Development Centre

31 October 2020

Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Global Partnership for Education and UNICEF begin construction of 60 ECD classroom blocks

Yayah Bangura (a UNICEF staff) feeds his 19-month-old daughter Hafsa at their home in Freetown, before heading to work.

A father’s story of parenting in the time of COVID-19 in Sie

Promoting positive parenting practices amidst the COVID-19 pandemic