But on 29 September, the focus was much nearer to Earth as the new Childcare Centre opened with an all-new staff and a fresh-faced clientele. The new Childcare Centre, located a five-minute drive from ESOC in the quiet town of Griesheim, was formally inaugurated as a multilingual, multinational care facility specifically tailored for the unique needs of ESOC's pan-European staff.
It is the first such purpose-built and owned facility established by the European Space Agency ESA and is expected to significantly boost the quality of life for working parents at ESOC; the centre will also serve parents at other international organisations in the area. Childcare services will be provided under contract by the AWO Bundesverband der Arbeiterwohlfahrt , a nationwide non-profit provider of specialised child and senior citizen care and one of Germany's largest workers' welfare organisations.
Services will be provided to 6-month- to year-old children, between and There will also be an after-school care programme including homework supervision and vacation programmes. Significantly, the centre offers all services in English, German and French making the facility unique in the region and particularly well suited to parents assigned to ESOC from outside Germany. Few child-care facilities in the Darmstadt area have staff that can communicate to parents in any language other than German.
The aim, nonetheless, will be to foster the children's understanding of German while developing their maternal language skills. The ESOC Childcare Centre will open with an initial staff of three full- and one part-time staff members serving nine children. Parents from other international organizations and companies in the Darmstadt area may be accepted on a space-available basis.
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