The aim of this National ECD CoP meeting was to understand what the ECD workforce was experiencing on the ground since the official reopening of the ECD programmes/facilities due to the COVID-19 lockdown. We have seen a lot of activity from the sector to get the ECD programmes reopened, and to garner support for the workforce during the lockdown.  A gloomy picture has been emerging through social media communications and other platforms and this CoP, therefore, needed to get a realistic picture of the challenges faced on the ground and the innovations that people were coming up with.