MAMA NONDUMISO MPITIMPITI
Step Ahead Early Childhood Development Centre
Mama Nondumiso walked away from a well- paying management job at Telkom when she came across a child sitting outside their place of worship with gaping wounds infested with flies. The plight of the children in her community inspired her to obtain her NQF Level 4 in Early Childhood Development and open her centre. She believes that failure to stimulate a child’s mind from birth is detrimental to their future and potential.
She opened the doors to Step Ahead in 2007 and today cares for no less than 104 pre-school children as well as coordinates a further 210 preschools in the Eastern Cape region. She also provides care for five foster homes with 24 orphans. Nondumiso offers training to adults to obtain their NQF level 4 in Early Childhood Development training and is committed to end poverty and promote healthy lives and well-being for all of all ages.
She opened a tea garden at her centre so the community can have a place just to relax, and uses the income they generate to supplement the children in her care who are not covered by the Department of Social Development.


IMPACT
CMA provided skills training to | 10 |
Mama transferred skills to | 63 |
Mama provides employment to | 16 |

PROJECTS
Bread baking
Cooking & baking
Sewing

FACTS
Joined CMA: | May 2016 |
Children in her care: | 153 |
Elderly in her care: | 0 |
Outreach: | 210 crèches 5 foster homes |

Facts about Mama Nondumiso
Step Ahead Early Childhood Development Centre
Amalinda Forest, Eastern Cape
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Xhosa |
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3o May 1963 |
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Married |
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5 children |

Achievements
2005 – ABSA Award for ECD – winner
2014 – NPO Awards – winner
2017 – Clover Mama Afrika Ultimate Cleanliness and Hygiene Award – winner
2018 – Clover Mama Afrika Ultimate Cleanliness and Hygiene Award – winner
2019 – Clover Mama Afrika “Performer Extraordinaire” – Winner
2020 – Clover Mama Afrika “Cleanliness & Hygiene” – runner up








“Is this not the kind of fasting
I have chosen, to divide your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into the house: when you see the naked to cover him, give yourself to the hungry. Isaiah 58:6-10.”