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60-minute recorded session with field practitioners from three regions.
A global alliance for early childhood
Every child’s first years deserve the world’s full attention.
90% of brain development happens before age five — yet young children caught in crisis and displacement receive less than 3% of humanitarian education aid.
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member organizations across the alliance
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countries where members deliver programs
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young children reached since 2019
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national policy commitments secured
The stakes
The numbers we refuse to accept.
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children under five displaced by conflict and climate
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of brain architecture is built before a child turns five
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of humanitarian education aid reaches the youngest children
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days — the window that shapes a lifetime of learning
Our approach
Three ways we move minds.
Advocate
We put early childhood on the agenda of donors and governments — turning evidence into budget lines and policy commitments.
Connect
We link member organizations across regions so field lessons travel fast.
Equip
We publish open briefs, toolkits, and training so any responder can act for young children.
The First Years First pledge
Put the youngest first in every response.
Join the organizations committing to prioritize children under five in humanitarian planning, funding, and delivery.
Featured resources
Evidence you can act on.
Measuring what matters: child development in crisis data
Why standard humanitarian indicators miss the under-fives — and the three metrics to add.
Starting a caregiver learning circle: facilitator guide
Step-by-step guide in French, English, and Wolof for launching mother-led groups.
Latest news
What’s moving this month.
Policy
Three donors adopt the 10% early-childhood benchmark
The funding target from our donor brief is now written into three bilateral strategies.
Research
Reading aloud in shelters: small habit, measurable gains
Why ten minutes of shared reading shows up in language development months later.
Field stories
“She started singing again”: twelve weeks in a play space
A caregiver in eastern Chad on what a safe corner to play gave her daughter back.
Our members
34 organizations, one commitment.
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Amani Childhood Trust
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Bright Start Foundation
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Casa Semilla América
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Children of Hope Colombia
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Colombia ECD Coalition
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East Africa Early Years Network
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First Steps International
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Kenya Early Years Network
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Kindred Futures
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Mosaic Childhoods
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Northlight Aid
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Nurturing Minds India Foundation
Before the alliance, we advocated alone and were easy to ignore. Now when we walk into a ministry, we carry the evidence — and the voice — of thirty-four organizations.
Amara Diallo
Executive Director, Bright Start Foundation
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