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Lennep church district: More daycare centers for Remscheid – a glimmer of hope!
Remscheid: Evangelical church district takes over daycare centers to improve childcare places and strengthen early childhood education.
Lennep church district: More daycare centers for Remscheid – a glimmer of hope!
Remscheid is facing a revolution in the field of early childhood education: The Lennep Evangelical Church District has overwhelmingly approved an application to expand the sponsorship of daycare centers. Superintendent Antje Menn explained that this decision not only enables the takeover of daycare centers that were previously operated by parishes, but also of new facilities or those that are currently run by other providers. These innovations are crucial to increasing the number of care facilities in Remscheid, Wermelskirchen and Radevormwald and to creating modern, well-equipped buildings that meet future requirements. In the current time of shortage of care places, such measures are of central importance in order to stabilize and strengthen the care landscape RGA reported.
A new concept for daycare centers
The church leaders want to promote the sustainable development of the daycare centers and see great opportunities in the use of former community centers and other suitable buildings. The communities have expressed a clear desire to use buildings that they no longer use for a social purpose. At the same time, Menn emphasizes that daycare centers should also be places for intercultural and interreligious encounters. “Let the children come to me” is a leitmotif from the Bible that forms the basis for this new direction. The aim is not only to offer a protected space for children, but also to convey values of tolerance and respect, such as EKD underlines.
In addition, the quality of early childhood education offers in Protestant daycare centers is promoted through targeted measures that both sharpen the Christian profile and strengthen networks. The Lennep Evangelical Church District is optimistic that it will be able to staff the planned projects with sufficient staff, although the shortage of skilled workers is omnipresent in the industry. In summary, current developments show that the churches play a central role in the education sector and want to continually improve the quality of early childhood education.