Pinnacle Day Care & Pre-School

Pinnacle Dayal Care & Pre-School seeks to address the challenge of lack of development in the areas of early childhood development.This is a critical space in children's lives,which is formative and determines future success. Most children in Sub-Saharan Africa face what medical practitioners term 'stunting' -a phenomena that affects not only the physical development but also the mental spheres and later replicates to other facets of life.Through educational, nutritional and social interventions offered by the Pre-School ,Pinnacle seeks to provide solutions that fight stunting and enhance full growth development initiatives to children.A generation that achieves full growth increases chances of future successes for children. This will enhance socio-economic results ,something that Southern Africa at large is seeking.Technological advancement and resulting efficiencies cannot be left out in this equation.

Efficient use of space

Nutritional intervention

Offering of introductory classes for IT and coding/use of PCs

Reducing Teacher learner ratios

Increasing access to free and easy access medical solutions (immunization and supplements)

Entrepreneur classes

Pinnacle serves the previously disadvantaged community of Tati Siding.This is a community that is in the peri urban area of Francistown Botswana. Due to low economic levels in the area, most people are economically disadvantaged and cannot afford quality medical, educational and other basic rights that enhance quality of life. 

Efficient use of space

Nutritional intervention

Offering of introductory classes for IT and coding/use of PCs

Reducing Teacher learner ratios

Increasing access to free and easy access medical solutions (immunization and supplements)

Entrepreneur classes

The combination of this stunting initiative in an early childhood environment gives multiple future possibilities. It gives inherent competitive edges as life starts here.The applications' spin offs are numerous

Medical approaches that enhance psychological efficiencies of growth

Introduction of information technology studies at low education levels as a way of triggering an interest in mathematical and science disciplines

Access to parents and guardian of children attending the school.

Africa still lags behind other countries in production, technology, education and economic growth. We hope that if Pinnacle is a hub for this approach of early childhood development then it will be a beacon and example that can be propagated to other areas and success stories replicated uses the peeer to peer approach which not only maximises uses of resources but also is sustainable. 

The current population of Tati Siding is between 300 000 to 350 000 .This is not including the near Francistown area which will definitely become the biggest catchment area .It has just above a million people.The enrollment into Pinnacle is limited to 50 children as a result of physical space.Our hope is to replicate the idea in every 10 square kilometers hence have serve about 500 households in the next 3 years.

We would like to have a physical area that is fully equipped. 

We would like to attract and retain qualified staff

We would like to engage multi stakeholders that will conduct continuos research

We would like to open 9 more centers of the same nature.

Access to capital

Low morale and lack of exposure due to limited funds

No interest of researchers as no much publication on stunting has been done

Engaging the local and national government structures like clinics, agricultural departments, formal schools and local business enterprises.

Create more visibility

Fund raise more

Improve efficiencies in operational planning and implementing

Create Overseas partnerships with like mind and interest

We have 16 full time staff members in direct teaching, administration,governance and research

Botswana has a fairly good socio- economic environment. The staff compliment is diverse in nature and composes of professionals with vast experience in running an ECD centre.Our board gives guidance and oversight in terms of legal issues.we are also not only serving the community but are part of the community hence we understand the variables that are at play .

The Police and a few primary schools which are in our chain of production when children graduate.The local library is also a partner.These are program implementing partners.

We use the Asset Based Community aproach.Our business model is built on working on practical and tested approaches. The community forms the sea in which we both fish and feed back into.We hope that through community buy-in we will share the outcomes of the model with other people who are interested. The model is open source hence community assets are very important.

We contribute monthly as custodians of the idea.Our board also contribute.Children who are attending contribute 30% worth of expenses in form of fees. The rest will be raised through fundraising. We have approached the local political leaders for help.

We would like Solve to help us sharpen our ideas into international standards .How to run an organisation.

we also would like to access partnerships that will expose our idea as much as possible. Link with other organisations and individuals.

We also would like to receive start up and operating capital to create more resources that will help to grow the organisation.Access to funds.

Other ECDs, Legal entities, Doctors, nutritionists, researchers, 

Market the classes through visibility material: posters, t-shirts, notebooks, calendars etc

Provide a healthy snack/ meal during or after every class

Deliver Training and educate mothers attending the class on ‘stunting’ using peer-to-peer methods

Graduation of trained community members

Research and publications

Equipping the center with assets and equipment

All mothers and the girl child will benefit from this .we will dedicate the prize to improving the access of resources to the girl child.We will also enrol early teens who need support in life soft skills and how to be responsible as the problem of teenage pregnancy is high.

We would use this prize in involving a reputable research organisation to help us to research and publicise (where allowed and possible) the findings in a journal that can be red locally, regionally, nationally and hopefully internationally. it is an opportunity to tell the world about the story of Africa, Bostwana, Tati-Siding (in that order)