Entain has announced the partnership of its Entain Foundation with the Chance for Childhood charity to help 600 out-of-school children in street situations in Accra, Ghana, to ensure that they access and thrive in early childhood education.
Entain has highlighted that Chance for Childhood is an award-winning global charity, which supports the most vulnerable children, including those on the streets, disabled children, children affected by conflict and those that are incarcerated.
As reported by the group, the association will start with a new pilot project, Change the first 1,000 Days. In this sense, the Entain Foundation will support Chance for Childhood to work within 10 Government Kindergarten Schools in low-income areas of Accra to increase the capacity of teachers and care givers to provide tailored services for children with special needs within an inclusive school environment.
The project will also employ Learning Support Assistants within these schools to tackle current challenges and improve the cognitive and social development of the children.
It should be noted that numerous studies have demonstrated the critical importance of the first 1,000 days of a child's life, it is the time that the brain grows fastest and is most responsive to the outside world. The support and care children receive at this critical age affects their chances of survival and productivity in adulthood.
This is even more critical for children living and working in street situations and in low-income settings in Accra, who suffer from malnutrition, poor psychosocial stimulation, as well as social and economic problems that have been further aggravated by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In addition to the Change the first 1,000 Days pilot program, the Entain Foundation will support Chance for Childhood in a variety of other initiatives to support vulnerable children.
Commenting on the donation, Jette Nygaard-Andersen, Entain CEO, highlighted that the Entain Foundation enables the company to contribute to society and support communities, saying: “We are proud to be able to support the invaluable work of Chance for Childhood, to make a transformational positive impact on such vulnerable children”.
On the other hand, Anna-mai Andrews, co-executive director of Chance for Childhood, underlines that this pilot program will allow them to transform the first 1,000 days of children “living in some of the world's most unsafe, violent and challenging environments”.
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