Belize Early Childhood Development and Female Empowerment Project

pipeline

The Project will focus on quality, inclusive access to preschool and daycare services to support early learning – given the very low preschool enrollment rate of 43% and the existence of only 24 registered daycare centers in the country. Use of these services will support critical early development in children and free time for parents/guardians, especially mothers/women that are often primary caretakers, to invest in economic activities. Female employability and employment will be supported through skills training and employment intermediation interventions to develop the early childhood care and education workforce for which demand will increase thanks to Project investment, as well as through existing skills training, employment and entrepreneurship programs that the Project will help develop or to which the Project will make referrals.