Children at Kigabiro Early Childhood Development Centre in Rwamagana District. Every parent pays Rwf2000 weekly to take care of the basic needs for children at the ECD. Photos: Courtesy.
Emmanuel Nkangura
Thursday, March 31, 2023
Grace Muhawenimana, 29, could have never built her three-bedroom house if it was not for an Early Childhood Development Centre (ECD) operating from a facility opposite to the market where she works.
Of course, she can’t know what would have happened otherwise, because it could have also meant shutting her business to take care of her child, a three year-old who now goes to the ECD in Kigabiro Sector, Rwamagana District, where the market is also located.
Muhawenimana, who sells cassava flour at the market, also said that carrying her baby to work could have also been an option to stay in business, but it happened with her first born who is now in primary school, and it didn’t go very well for her.