Amara Diallo
Alliance Director
Pillar 01 — Advocate
Put the first years on every agenda.
We track every major humanitarian appeal and donor strategy for how it treats children under five — then we show up with evidence, costed asks, and the combined weight of the alliance.
Pillar 02 — Connect
Move knowledge faster than crises move.
Working groups pair local organizations with international agencies and researchers so a model that works in one setting can be adapted in eleven others within months.
Pillar 03 — Equip
Open tools for every responder.
Everything the alliance produces is openly licensed: play kits, caregiver session plans, measurement guides, and training curricula in nine languages.
The problem in numbers
What the gap looks like.
0
M
children under five displaced by conflict and climate
0
%
of brain architecture is built before a child turns five
0
%
of humanitarian education aid reaches the youngest children
0
days — the window that shapes a lifetime of learning
Milestones
Seven years of moving minds.
2019
Nine organizations found the alliance
2022
Research consortium launches
2026
34 members, 54 countries
Our principles
How we hold ourselves to account.
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.
Secretariat
The team behind the alliance.
Daniel Mwangi
Research Director
Leila Haddad
Head of Policy & Advocacy
Tomás Rivera
Head of Member Engagement
Join us
Every signature moves a mind.
Join the organizations committing to prioritize children under five in humanitarian planning, funding, and delivery.