Lennep church district: More daycare centers for Remscheid - a glimmer of hope!

Lennep church district: More daycare centers for Remscheid - a glimmer of hope!

Remscheid faces a revolution in the area of early childhood education: The Evangelical Church Circle Lennep has approved an application with an overwhelming majority to expand the sponsorship of day care centers. Superintendent Antje Menn explained that this decision not only enables the takeover of daycare centers that were previously operated by parishes, but also by new facilities or those that are currently managed by other providers. These innovations are crucial to increase the number of care facilities in Remscheid, Wermelskirchen and Radevormwald and to create modern, well -equipped buildings that meet future requirements. In the current period of the lack of care places, such measures are of central importance to stabilize and strengthen the care landscape, such as rga reported .

a new concept for daycare centers

The church management would like to promote sustainable development of daycare centers and see great opportunities in the use of former municipal houses and other suitable buildings. The municipalities have expressed the clear wish to supply buildings that they no longer use. At the same time, Menn emphasizes that the daycare centers should also be places of intercultural and interreligious encounter. "Let the children come to me" is a leitmotif from the Bible that forms the basis for this new orientation. The aim is not only to offer a protected space for children, but also to convey values of tolerance and respect, as the EKD underlines .

In addition, the quality of early childhood educational offers in Protestant daycare centers are promoted by targeted measures that sharpen both the Christian profile and strengthen networks. The Evangelical Church Circle of Lennep is optimistic to be able to fill the planned projects sufficiently in terms of personnel, although the shortage of skilled workers is omnipresent in the industry. In summary, the current developments show that the churches play a central role in the field of education and want to constantly improve the quality of early childhood education.