In order to help reduce the spread of Covid-19 in the community, the Board of Directors of Global Child Care Services has approved the temporary closure of Global’s licensed Home Child Care program, effective Friday, March 27. A re-start date will be formally identified once public health recommendations have been updated.

The seven child care centres operated by Global Child Care Services have been closed since Monday, March 16, 2020 in response to public health directives due to the impact of Covid-19. Our reopening date has not yet been confirmed. Please check back here for further updates.

Global staff reached the target for our CHEO Fundraising Campaign #6, raising another $5,000 for the CHEO Foundation, to purchase a Cough Assist Machine for the children of CHEO. Campaign #7 has already launched, with our goal to raise sufficient funds to purchase two Ambulatory Blood Pressure Machines.

With Global Child Care Services as a sponsor and partner, the Parent-Teacher Council of Fallingbrook Community Elementary School made a successful submission for funding (“Youth as Agents of Social Change”) to Crime Prevention Ottawa’s Paint it Up initiative.  Through a collaborative process with a local artist, the children of the Fallingbrook school community conceived and created a…

Upendo school children took a field trip on August 1 from Sabaki Village to the Elimu Resource Centre in Malindi, Kenya where they enjoyed a fun-filled day that included a heartwarming skype session across the globe with their friends at Global Child Care Services in Ottawa.  Their special day was made possible by the fundraising  efforts…

The Honourable Andrew Leslie, MP Orleans dropped by Trillium School Age Program on June 14, 2019, to offer his congratulations in person to RECE Kevin Fowlow:

In our 5th fundraising campaign for CHEO, Global Child Care Services raised $12,500 for the purchase of Bone Conduction Hearing Aids for children. Success Memo  Thank you from CHEO

Kevin Fowlow, RECE at Trillium School Age Program is a 2019 recipient of a Regional Certificate of Achievement granted by the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Early Childhood Education! We are tremendously proud of Kevin and thrilled that he has received this prestigious award.

The Honourable Jean Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development visited Global’s Rideau Valley Child Care Centre on May 15 to make an announcement about the Canada Child Tax Benefit and to enjoy some outdoor play time with an enthusiastic group of preschoolers and some of Global’s wonderful early childhood educators.