When it comes to early childhood development, Rwanda is among the world's success stories.
The country has made "significant strides" in providing high-quality care and early stimulation to children, and is "setting an example worldwide," the World Bank says in a press release.
The country's Integrated Early Childhood Development (IECD) Program, supported by the World Bank under the Social Protection Transformation Project, is "successfully providing high-quality care and early stimulation for children, helping parents access resources necessary for proper family nutrition," per the press release.
Some 1.2 million children between the ages of 2 and 5 are enrolled in the country's 31,000 community- and home-based ECD centers, which serve children from "vulnerable households who would otherwise miss out on such services due to financial constraints and competing demands on time," the World Bank notes.
They're also providing childcare to children who would otherwise miss out on such services due to financial constraints and competing demands on time.
Meanwhile, parents are able to pursue employment, invest, and build their family's financial stability, comforted by the knowledge that their young ones are in safe hands.
"While the children play, learn, and grow, their parents are able to pursue employment, invest, and build
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