Child Centres in Municipalities (Ayios Athanasios, Ayia Napa, Paralimni, Yermasoyia)

• The objective of the project is to offer quality childcare services and facilitate the participation and re-entering of workers with caring responsibilities, mostly women, in the labour market, thereby promoting gender equality. It further aims at enhancing the social inclusion of children from disadvantaged and/or migrant background.  
• The investment comprises of the construction of a Child Care Centre in the Agios Athanasios Municipality which focuses on providing contemporary services for children between the ages of 2 and 6, the construction of the New Public and Community Kindergarten and Nursery School in the Agia Napa Municipality which focuses on families with infants and toddlers from six months old to preschool age, the construction of a Child Care Centre in the Paralimni Municipality which aims to meet the growing needs of the community for childcare services and to address the impact of the pandemic on the labour force which is mostly employed in the tourism industry and the transformation of the old primary school into a kindergarten in Amathounta Municipality (former Yermasoyia Municipality). RRF funding for the entire project amounts to EUR 8,2 mln.
• The construction of the Child Care Centre in the Municipality of Agios Athanasios has been completed and is in operation as of September 5, 2022. Current attendance is 107 children. The construction of the New Public and Community Kindergarten and Nursery School in the Agia Napa Municipality is completed and is expected to operate in September 2025. Construction is still in progress for the Child Care Centre in the Paralimni Municipality that is expected to operate by September 2025. The construction of the Multipurpose Centre in the Yermasoyia Municipality is in progress. 

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