The link between #booksharing and violence prevention may not be obvious, but book-sharing promotes nurturing, sensitive relationships between parent and child, and helps children develop important socio-emotional skills. #16DaysofActivism2019

Dec 16 is the Day of Reconciliation in South Africa. Our challenge to all #booksharing caregivers is to focus on the relationships in the books you are sharing today. A great book that encourages these kinds of conversation is All's Well that Ends Well.

“Historically, it was through treatment of disease that we would help society achieve complete social, physical and mental well-being” David Harrison, DGMT

“Now, we know that it is the complete well-being that leads to the absence of disease” David Harisson DGMT #WCDOHFTDColloquium

“If we want to create health, instead of just managing disease, it is the home environment that is the pivot of the health system, nor the health facility” David Harrison DGMT #WCDOHFTDColloquium

“If we want to create health, community health workers should be central to the health system, and not extensions to it” David Harrison DGMT #WCDOHFTDColloquium

The purpose of the #WCDOHFTDColloquium is to “Tell the stories of nurturing the FTD through families and society - Relationships matter most”. As an organization, this is where our passion lies and we are very excited for the next 3 days.

“There is limited evidence on how to initiate and sustain collaboration” Idaokeyo reflecting on inter-sectoral collaboration during policy formation and early implementation. She used FTD in the western cape as a case study for her PhD #WCDOHFTDColloquium

⁦Idaokeyo⁩ mapped out all the policies, internationally and locally, on ECD. “The policy documents revealed a lack of clarity across policies” #WCDOHFTDColloquium

“It is said that the Department of Health should steward the collaboration.Policy networks can help sustain collaboration by building trusting relationships between inter-sectoral stakeholders, and through the emergence of common issues we can build sustained interest and support

“As a health worker, I am a role model in parenting for the pregnant mothers we work with” Blanche Rezant and Jacqui Couper shares the stories that community health workers shared with them #WCDOHFTDColloquium

Interventions by the southern and western sub-structure to improve morbidity and mortality rates for children under-5

“22%-47% of perinatal women in SA struggle with mental health” Simone Honikman from the PMHP #WCDOHFTDColloquium

Child outcomes associated with both maternal and paternal mental health issues. Having support from a healthy partner helps to improve child outcomes ⁦Simone Honikman⁩ from ⁦PMHP⁩

“Parents have lower levels of reunification with their children after coming out of substance abuse treatment centres” Brandon Lebuso presented on his research into family reunification post-inpatient support for substance abuse

✊🏾 The ECD sector is calling for an ECD Continuity Grant to flow to the workforce as soon as possible. #ItDoesntAddUp #SaveOurECDWorkforce #ECDContinuityGrant #ECDSOS

The ECD sector rejects the R1.3bn allocation for compliance monitors - spending money to create 36 000 new jobs, when 175 000 sustainable long terms jobs are at risk is irrational and disappointing. The real solution is to support ECD Continuity Grants for the existing workforce!

We demand that DSD redirect the R1.3bn to support our ECD workforce. @the_DSD; Tito Mboweni; The Presidency 🇿🇦 and get your voice heard! Money for people, not policing - Neglecting the ECD workforce is neglecting our children. #ItDoesntAddUp #SaveOurECDWorkforce #ECDContinuityGrant

175 000 early childhood development (ECD) jobs, crucial for children and communities, are likely to be decimated as a result of the pandemic. Join us as we unite with ECD workers in a week of protests to get government to intervene. #SaveOurECDWorkforce c19peoplescoalition.org.za/media-statemen…

Week of protest Turfhall Road. Lansdown bridge Ottery #childdevelopment National State of Disaster #CyrilRamaphosa #Level2 ECD: Early Childhood Development #SaveOurECD #SaveOurECDWorkForce #Budget2020