Early Years Count Uganda

Elevating Early Childhood as a critical window of opportunity & building demand, to ensure the best start in life for the most disadvantaged children in Uganda.

[Early Years Count Uganda @earlyyearsCount]

🌱 Uganda has an #ECCE Policy; but who's funding the future of our children?

Could #localphilanthropy be the game-changer for sustainable ECCE?

Let’s move from charity to systems change. Read more👇
https://t.co/8EZh9hjJc0
@CivsourceAfrica @ECDAction @af_ecn @MovingMindsECD

[Pre-Primary Div- Ministry of Education & Sports @PrimaryDiv]

Did you know?

Learning starts long before Primary One. Here's why Uganda’s #ECCEPolicyUG matters.

#StrongBeginningsBrightFutures #AbaanaBaffe

@ECDAction @theirworld @UNICEFUganda @GPEChair @ELMAPhilanthro @EchidnaGiving @hiltonfound @VitaeFoundation @Randy_Denmark

[Pre-Primary Div- Ministry of Education & Sports @PrimaryDiv]

The #ECCEPolicyUG gives us a chance to act early through quality early learning, parenting support, trained caregivers, nutrition, inclusion, safety, and stronger local government systems.

The cost of inaction will be far greater.
#StrongBeginningsBrightFutures

[Pre-Primary Div- Ministry of Education & Sports @PrimaryDiv]

🎧 Episode 1 of The First Six is live!

We unpack Uganda’s ECCE Policy and what it means for children, parents, centers, districts, and communities.

Listen:  https://t.co/wzeeAeyQxX

#ECCEPolicyUG #StongBeginningsBrightFutures #AbaanaBaffe

[Early Years Count Uganda @earlyyearsCount]

As global conversations evolve, the focus is increasingly shifting towards systems capable of sustaining long-term outcomes for children.

#ECD #SystemsStrengthening #InvestingInTheEarlyYears

[Early Years Count Uganda @earlyyearsCount]

Sustainable early childhood systems cannot be built on external support alone.

[Early Years Count Uganda @earlyyearsCount]

Speaking during discussions at the Addis International ECD Conference, EYC’s Programme Manager @DanAmanyireUg highlighted the importance of strengthening local government ownership, coordinated financing, and policy co-creation grounded in implementation realities.

[Network of ECD Actors in Uganda @Necda_ug]

Momentum must be sustained beyond the launch.

NECDA is convening members for a post-launch reflection and coordination meeting as the network transitions from mobilisation to implementation of the #ECCEPolicy.

[Jemba Micheal Senkole MD @DjembaMicheal]

I have been reflecting a lot on the relationship between youth, early childhood development, and the future of Uganda’s human capital and I realised we may still be treating some of our biggest national challenges as separate conversations when they are deeply connected.

In this article, I explore why issues like unemployment, adolescent pregnancy, mental health, gender-based violence, climate vulnerability, and even productivity cannot be fully understood without paying closer attention to the environments where human development first begins.

I argue that Uganda’s largest and perhaps most overlooked early childhood workforce may already exist in its young people.

This piece was shaped by my experiences contributing to Uganda’s Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) policy processes and by a growing conviction that the future of our country’s human capital is being shaped much earlier than we often admit.

Would truly value your thoughts, critiques, and reflections.

LINK: https://t.co/LVHBaeEzOq

[Early Years Count Uganda @earlyyearsCount]

#MothersDay

[The HummingBird Foundation @HummingbirdUg]

On 29th April, we joined the @Educ_SportsUg and partners across Uganda for the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Walk, held as a pre-launch engagement ahead of the official launch of Uganda’s ECCE Policy (2025)

#ECCEPolicy2025

[Early Years Count Uganda @earlyyearsCount]

As global financing landscapes continue to tighten, discussions at the ECD Financing Forum are highlighting an urgent priority:

Building early childhood systems that are equity driven, domestically anchored and capable of sustaining long term investment and delivery

[Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN) @ECDAction]

Day 2 #ECDFinancingForum: Toolbox launch matches services to instruments for equitable action! SA/Colombia insights, innovative models (blends/bonds), partnerships. Key: Domestic base, equity first, fund caregivers. Momentum to 2027 Summit! #InvestingInTheEarlyYears

[Early Years Count Uganda @earlyyearsCount]

As conversations around mental health continue globally, strengthening early childhood systems must remain central to prevention, wellbeing, and long term human development.
#MentalHealthMonth
#EarlyChildhoodUg

[Early Years Count Uganda @earlyyearsCount]

ECD doesn’t lack evidence - it lacks prioritisation within systems that allocate resources.
#HumanCapital
#EarlyYearsMatter
#InvestInECD

[Early Years Count Uganda @earlyyearsCount]

The challenge is not just funding, but ensuring that systems are coordinated and capable of turning commitments into real services for children.

#ECDFinancingForum
#IStand4Children
#InvestingInTheEarlyYears
#EarlyChildhoodDevelopment

[Early Years Count Uganda @earlyyearsCount]

Global ECD discussions highlight a critical reality:

As financing tightens with aid declining and debt pressures rising ,resources for early childhood are increasingly constrained.

[Network of ECD Actors in Uganda @Necda_ug]

Systems do not change through policy alone , they change through alignment.

At the #ECCEPolicy launch, leaders across key institutions stepped forward with clear commitments, signalling a coordinated shift towards stronger, accountable early childhood systems.

[Robin Nandy @UNICEFRepUG]

A strong start lasts a lifetime.

It was an honour to witness the launch of Uganda’s Early Childhood Care and Education Policy.

@UNICEFUganda will continue to support efforts that expand access to quality early learning and care, especially for the most vulnerable children.

[UNICEF Uganda @UNICEFUganda]

In Uganda, millions of children are missing quality early care and learning!

Today, @UNICEFUganda joins @Educ_SportsUg, @Necda_ug and partners to the National launch of the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Policy 2025.

#StrongBeginningsBrightFutures #InvestInUGchildren

[Early Years Count Uganda @earlyyearsCount]

@brassforlifeint That’s the spirit

[Early Years Count Uganda @earlyyearsCount]

Happy labour day.
#labourday26