At ECD Global, we believe that every child, no matter where they are born, deserves access to quality early childhood education. Our mission is to break barriers, uplift communities, and create a world where learning knows no limits.

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At AfC-ECD, we are dedicated to shaping brighter futures for young children across Africa. Established by the Addis City Administration, our center serves as a dynamic hub for learning, innovation, and collaboration in Early Childhood Development (ECD).

Momentum is growing to establish and sustain national, regional, and global networks to develop a common voice to advocate for Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs. Indeed, if we are to reach the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, there is a clear need to establish multi-sectorial partnerships to bring together ECD stakeholders. We need ...

Advance the Early Childhood Development field through policy, advocacy and outreach with the aim of integrating ECD into health systems. Conduct research and evaluation with the aim of sharing best practices, lessons learned and innovative approaches.

2025年2月12日 · In this interview, Collaborative Fellow Sweta Shah shares some of her expertise gleaned from her career championing early childhood development (ECD) programs in humanitarian contexts across the globe.

As of 2011, a quarter of the world’s youngest children suffer one or more forms of severe deprivation and risk, such as poverty, disease, and exposure to violence. Effective early childhood development (ECD) programs can mitigate the developmental risks that millions of children face due to extreme poverty or stunting.

Early childhood education, care, and development (ECECD) has reached prominence due to its recognition by the global community as an important national investment and right for children. ECECD programs advocate for quality in education, protection, health, and nutrition for children and families, in most countries and nation-states.

There are multiple promising early childhood development programs that have been developed, evaluated and disseminated across the globe by members of the ECPC. In this section, we feature ECD services and programs that can also be leveraged as social platforms for engaging conflicting sociocultural, ethnic or religious identity groups in joint ...

The Standardized ECD Costing Tool provides a long-needed concrete tool to help make a case for ECD investments, choose investments that are more informed, and improve efficiency in planning and budgeting.