Kyrgyzstan ECD Project 2015 - Initial Stakeholder Meeting

“I am glad to be invited to this meeting. We have a lot of projects implemented by international organizations in Kyrgyzstan. However, not all of them work with two directions (education and infrastructure) at the same as ECD project"  Mirlan Rakishov, Head of Tash-Moinok Aiyl Okmotu

“I did not know that such an organization which specifically works to make children’s lives better exists in the world. This makes Save the Children unique” Munaralkul Dumanaeva, parent

Kyrgyzstan’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) project launched the Initial Stakeholder Meeting on February 19, 2015 in Bishkek. The goal of this event was to introduce beneficiaries and stakeholders to the ECD Project 2015 planned activities and Save the Children’s mission.  Altogether thirty people including new selected ECD center directors, parents, and local authorities attended the meeting.

Three presentations were given at the meeting event. The first presentation was the general information about Save the Children’s mission and the current projects, which have been implementing in Kyrgyzstan. Second presentation was about the ECD project goal, objectives, and project activities. The third presentation was about the activities and results achieved in 2014.

In addition, ECD Project 2015 work plan and lessons learned from the previous year were discussed with the participants. The copies of Memorandum of Understanding were disseminated to each ECD director and local authority members.

Save the Children, with support from Save the Children Korea, has been implementing "Early Childhood Development” project in Kyrgyzstan since January 2014. The goal of the project is to improve access to quality early childhood education by developing the Early Childhood development Center (ECD) and supporting preschool education reforms in Kyrgyzstan.