Who we Are

Scaling Inclusive Home-Based Early Learning Initiative (SIHELI) is a program by Kyambogo University designed to support educators and caregivers with practical, play-based strategies for early childhood education.

The SIHELI program empowers caregivers and teachers, especially those with minimal formal training, to create engaging learning experiences for young children using play-based methods. Our mission is to foster cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development through structured and unstructured play.

Key objectives include equipping educators with skills to organize play-based learning environments, assess children’s progress, and maintain effective records to support early childhood education. 

We provide care, support, guidance, and encouragement to help children grow physically, emotionally, mentally, and socially. It involves: Loving and protecting them Teaching positive values and behaviors Supporting their education and development Creating a safe and stimulating environment And so we are helping children become healthy, confident, and well-adjusted individuals.

Motto

Communities Nurturing Children

Our Goal

To generate evidence to contextualize and scale the impact of inclusive early learning for smooth transition from pre-primary to primary school for all children

Project specific objectives

Generate knowledge and evidence on how to scale inclusive teacher support programmes to strengthen play-based pedagogy in early learning. Strengthen the capacities of parents, community members and education officials to support and sustain play-based pedagogies. Mobilize policy related knowledge and evidence on how to scale inclusive early learning play approaches to improve policy and practice in education systems

How is SIHELI established?

We;

  • Identify through community consensus a home that can host the centre
  • Work with community to identify parent leader to head the centre
  • Work with community to identify other parents who will help to doing other activities in the centre
  • Work with community to establish a management committee for the centre
  • Work with committee to set a side structures for the centre (Class space, latrine, kitchen, play spaces etc)
  • Work with management committee to initiate linkages to health facilities, CDO, Education office in line with available government guidelines
  • Develop a routine for the centre with responsible persons
  • Recruit children into the centre (Not more than 30 children)
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