About ESI

Early Starters International is an educational humanitarian organization that provides a healthy childhood to young children in emergency situations and vulnerable communities worldwide. Access to a safe early learning space is a universal right and a basic need for all children - even during humanitarian disasters and emergencies.

Safe spaces created for young children during emergency situations that focus on the developmental needs of young children reduce the trauma caused by the humanitarian crisis and ensure that every young child has a safe place to play, learn, and develop mentally and emotionally. Since its inception, Early Starters International (ESI) has been supporting communities worldwide in creating early childhood education programs and developing emergency early childhood safe spaces for refugee children.