Strengthening parent participation in children’s early development (SA)

The AEDC results for the Balaklava local community increased in developmental vulnerability on one or more domains from 31.6% in 2009 to 54.2% in 2012.

In 2011, the Balaklava Community Children’s Centre formed a community group in response to the 2009 data, known as Our Community Our Children (OCOC). The committee has supported the focus on early child development in Balaklava by bringing together community and government partners and aligning their efforts toward achieving a number of key objectives agreed to in response to the AEDC results.

The 2018 AEDC results showed an improvement over time in children’s development in the Balaklava local community with a decrease in developmental vulnerability on one or more domains from 52.9% in 2015 to 23.8% in 2018, and a significant decrease in developmental vulnerability on two or more domains from 41.2% in 2015 to 14.3% in 2018.