# Grow ECD

- **Website:** <https://growecd.org.za>
- **Primary alias:** `growecd.org.za`
- **Founded:** 2013
- **Employees:** 11+
- **Location:** Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- **Company kind:** NON PROFIT

## Description

Grow Educare Centres (Grow ECD) is a brand that provides an innovative solution for women in low-income communities in South Africa. They offer the opportunity to run excellent, private, fee-paying early learning centres that are not only educational institutions but also viable businesses. Using the principles of social enterprise and micro franchising, Grow ECD empowers women to create sustainable and impactful preschools. One of their key offerings is the ECD App, a free and user-friendly tool that allows early learning centre owners and principals to effectively manage their preschool operations from the convenience of their smartphones. With this app, centre owners can handle paperless administration, engage with parents, manage finances, track attendance, create compliance reports, and more. It's a one-stop-shop solution for running a successful preschool. Additionally, Grow ECD provides support through their ECD Business Programme, Quality Education Programme, ECD Finance, and ECD Accelerator Programme. They also collaborate with partners and funders to expand their reach and impact. For teachers and parents, they offer the Meerkat and Lion apps respectively, enhancing classroom management, professional development, parent engagement, and child development tracking. Overall, Grow ECD is dedicated to empowering women, improving early childhood education, and creating sustainable businesses that benefit communities.

## Industries

- 🧪 Education _(under Science and Education)_
- 🧪 Science and Education

## Links

- [youtube](https://youtube.com/channel/UCjfEjVZUCYHPv-BZ2K3WXUQ)
- [instagram](https://instagram.com/grow_ecd)
- [linkedin](https://linkedin.com/company/GrowECD)
- [facebook](https://facebook.com/GrowECD)

## Logos & icons

- logo _(primary)_ — PNG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idoPZre1ev/w/1939/h/494/theme/dark/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1774463414075)
- icon _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idoPZre1ev/w/2048/h/2048/theme/dark/icon.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1774463414605)

## Colors

| Name | Hex | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Astronaut Blue | #003b5b | accent |
| Emperor | #4f4343 | dark |
| Bittersweet | #fb6962 | light |

## Fonts

- -apple-system — asset _(system)_
- var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ) — asset _(custom)_

## Imagery

- banner _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idoPZre1ev/w/1584/h/396/idoeRlXQnN.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1774463414755)

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