ECDAN

As a network, our accomplishments result from the collective efforts of our partners.

We intentionally reach out to cross-sectoral, cross-disciplinary, and geographically diverse organizations and invite them to join hands. We find what unites us and align around shared goals and a common purpose. We pool and then disperse expertise and resources to maximize our reach and impact.

Our partners range from multilateral organizations to academic institutions to private sector businesses to grassroots organizations and beyond. We are working to grow the movement. We measure our success by the number and diversity of partners and members we engage with and the collective actions we take.

Learn more about the types of organizational partners in the network, where they come from, and how they engage in our partner report.

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Our Partners at a Glance

364

Partner Organizations

61

Countries (Headquarters Location)

90

Organizations in Collaborative Groups

Organizations by Type

Network Growth Over Time

Where Our Partners are Headquartered

Scroll over to see how many of our current partners are based in each country highlighted.

Our Partners

Last updated on 8/6/2026

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

Abjad Initiative for Education

Action Education

Action Sud

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Africa Early Childhood Network (AfECN)

African Center for Early Childhood Development

African Curriculum Association (ACA)

African Education Program

African Girls’ Empowerment Network

African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)

Afrika Tikkun

AfriChild Centre

Afya Plus

Aga Khan Foundation

Aga Khan University

Akbar Kare Institute

Akina Mama Wa Africa

Alana Institute

Al-Tufala Center

Amal Alliance

American Academy of Pediatrics

Amini Education Centre

Amna Refugee Healing Network

Ana del Barrio Training & Consulting

Andishi Africa

An-Najah National University

Anne Çocuk Eğitim Vakfı (AÇEV)

Arab Network for Early Childhood (ANECD)

Arab Resource Collective (MAWARED)

Arabian Child

Arigatou International

Art of a Child

Asia-Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood (ARNEC)

Asiye eTafuleni (AeT)

Asociación de Familias y Mujeres del Medio Rural Granada (AFAMMER)

Asociación Educativa para el Desarrollo Humano (ASEDH)

Asociación Mundial de Educatores Infantiles (AMEI-WAECE)

Association for Early Childhood Education & Development (AECED)

AVSI People for Development

Babyzone

Bainum Family Foundation

Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)

Barefoot Edu Foundation

Beehive Enfance et Education

Bernard van Leer Foundation

Bhavya Rehabilitation Clinic

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Blossom & Berry

Blue Butterfly

BRAC Institute for Educational Development (BRAC IED)

BRAC University

Bright Start Foundation

Brookings Institution

Canadian Paedeiatric Society

CARE International

Caribbean Child Development Centre

Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Center for Global Development (CGD)

Centre for Early Childhood Development

Centre for Enterprise Development and Innovation (CEDI)

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Child Houses

Child Nepal

Child to Child

ChildArise

ChildFund Alliance

ChildFund International

Childhood Education International

Children in Crossfire

Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN)

Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)

CINDE Nacional (Fundacion Centro Internatcional de Education y Desarrollo Humano)

Clinton Health Access Initiative

Clinton Initiative

Cloud9World

Çocuk Gelişimi ve Eğitimcileri Derneği

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Corporación Juego y Niñez

Council of Governors, Kenya

CreateCatt

Creating Possibilities Nepal (CPNepal)

CYAN Kenya

Daraja Civic Initiative Forum

Darbar Sahitya Sansada (DSS)

DataDrive2030

Denny Social Welfare Hub (DSWHUB)

Descobrir Brincando

Development Alert

Development Analytics

Disability Management Association (DMA)

Do More Foundation

Doors of Hope Kenya

Dost Education

Dubai Cares

Dunia Rafiki

Early Childhood Commission

Early Childhood Development Coalition Malawi

Early Childhood Development Network for Kenya (ECDNeK)

Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC)

Early Childhood Regional Network Fund

Early Childhood Workforce Initiative

Early Opportunities

Early Years Impact Center

Earlybird Educare

ECD Measure

Echidna Giving

Education Cannot Wait (ECW)

Education Development Trust

Education for All Coalition (EFAC)

Education Outcomes Fund

Educo Bangladesh

Elevate Children Funders Group

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Center

ELMA Philanthropies

Empowered Dreams Initiative

Enjuba

Ensemble pour la Petite Enfance

Episcopal Relief & Development

Equality Collective

EquaNurture

European Parents’ Association

Faces Up Uganda

Fam Studio

Family for Every Child

Federer Foundation

Feeding the Change

FHI360

First Focus on Children

Fondation Marocaine du Prescolaire (FMPS)

Food for the Hungry

Foreign, Commonwealth, & Development Office (FCDO)

Foundation for Communities of Learning (FCL)

Foundation for Community Work (FCW)

Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal

Fundación Azulado

Fundación DEHVI

Future for Marginalised Community (FUMACO)

FXB Rwanda

Generali/The Human Safety Net

Global Alliance for Care

Global Parenting Initiative (GPI)

Global Partnership for Education (GPE)

Global Schools Forum (GSF)

Global TIES for Children at NY University

Grand Challenges Canada

Grassroots Development Initiative Foundation-Kenya (GRADIF-Kenya)

GROOTS Kenya

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Harvard University Center on the Developing Child

Harvard University Medical School

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Help a Child (Red een Kind)

Høgskulen på Vestlandet (HVL)

Homegrown Childcare

Home-Start Worldwide

Hope Revival

Hope Worldwide

Humanity & Inclusion

iACT

iCraftStories

Idara-e-Taleem-Aagahi (ITA)

IDinsight

IKEA Foundation

Imaginable Futures

Initiative for Social Changes (ISC)

Initiative For Social and Economic Rights (ISER)

Innovation Edge

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

Institute for Childhood Preparedness

Institute of Child and Human Development (ICHD)

Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres (INMUJERES)

Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

International Association of Family Support Networks (IAFSN)

International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)

International Child Development Initiatives (ICDI)

International Child Development Programme (ICDP) Ghana

International Child Health Group (ICHG)

International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

International Labour Organization (ILO)

International Rescue Committee (IRC)

International Step by Step Association (ISSA)

Investing in Children and their Societies (ICS SP)

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Jasiri Souls School

Jewel Autism and Child Development Centre

Joy for Children Uganda

Kenya National Commission on Human Rights

Kenyatta University

Khalifa Award for Education

Kidogo

Kidsday

Kinder not hilfe

Kings Nursery & Primary Schools

Kisumi Medical and Education Trust (KMET)

Kupona Foundation

Lake Region Economic Block Secretariat

Learn to Play

Lebanese Association for Energy Saving & the Environment (ALMEE)

Lively Minds

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

Lucky Iron Life

Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute

Maestral

Make Mothers Matter

Maple Leaf Early Years Foundation

Matri Sudha

Mattel Children’s Foundation

Mexican Institute of Early Stimulation and Human Development (IMETYD AC)

Mikhulu Trust

Ministry of Education – Kenya

Ministry of Good Samaritan

Ministry of Health – Kenya

Mobile Creches

Mogapi Mogapaesi Foundation

Mothers Matter Canada

Moving Minds Alliance

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

National Academy of Medicine

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

National Council for Family Affairs

National Council of Children’s Services (NCCS) – Kenya

National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) – Kenya

Nhaka Foundation

NORC

North-west University

NutureFirst

Nyarai Homecare Services

Oak Foundation

Okoa Maisha Ya Watoto (OMAWA)

OneSky

Open Society Foundations (OSF)

Opportunity Training for Child Development (OTCD)

Organization Mondiale pour l’Education Préscolaire (OMEP)

Oxfam International

Oxford Policy Management / Thrive

Pakistan Alliance for Early Childhood (PAFEC)

Pakistan Rural Workers Social Welfare Organization

Parenting for Lifelong Health

Partnership for Change

Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (PMNCH)

PATH

Phulki

Plan International

Planète Enfants & Développement

Play Africa

Porticus

Pratham Education Foundation

Promundo

Pure Earth

Reach & Match Inclusive Education

Ready Generations

Red Papaz

Red por la Infancia

Regional Psychosocial Support Initiatives (REPSSI)

Results for Development (R4D)

Right to Education (RTE)

Right to Play

Rise Against Hunger Africa

Rise Alliance for Children

Rocket Learning

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

RTI International

Rupani Foundation

Rural Reconstruction Foundation (RRF)

Rural to Action

Save the Children

Savez udruda za zutizam Hrvatske (SUZAH)

Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement

School the World

Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)

SERAC-Bangladesh

Seriti Institute

SERVE

Sesame Workshop

Shared Value Initiative

SmartStart

Soft Tulip Foundation

Soma Kwa Furaha Initiative (SKFI)

Somos Crianza

Sonke Gender Justice

SOS Children’s Villages

Spark Health Africa

Special Olympics

SPOON

St Charles and Clare Private Schools

State Department for Gender and Affirmative Action-Kenya

State Department for Social Security and Senior Citizen Affairs-Kenya

Stellenbosch University

Studentdesk Integrated Montessori School (SDIMS)

Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)

Suvarna Karnakata Integrated Rural Development Society

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

Tanzania 4H Organization

Tanzania Early Childhood Development Network (TECDEN)

Tanzania Early Childhood Education and Care (TECEC)

Tanzania Youth Espouse for Gender and Development (TYEGD)

Teach Côte d’Ivoire

Teacher Aid Initiative

Teacher’s Resource Centre (TRC)

Teaching Strategies LLC

Technical University of Kenya

Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth)

The Action Foundation

The Asia Foundation

The Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS

The LEGO Foundation

The Mother-Goose Kenya

The Palestinian Network of Early Childhood Development

The Power of Nutrition

The Rise Institute

The Seven Passes Initiative

The Two Lilies Fund

The 1001 Critical Days Foundation

TheirWorld

Think Equal

ThinkZone

This Day

TIDE Foundation

Tiny Totos

Tsungirirai

Tufts University

Ubongo

UBS Optimus Foundation

Udbhaas

Un Kilo de Ayuda

UN Women

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Universidad de Montevideo

University of Buenos Aires, Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política (UBA-IIEP)

University of Capetown

University of Hong Kong

University of Manchester

University of Nebraska Medical School

University of New York Steinhardt

University of Oxford

University of Pennsylvania

University of the West Indies

University of the Witwatersrand

University of Toronto

University of Virginia

University of Wollongong Australia

Usina de imaginação

Uthabiti Africa

Uwezo Tanzania

Vikramshila Education Resource Society

Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)

VVOB – Education for Development

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

War Child

Warrior Moms

Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

WeProsper Coalition

WIDE ANGLE Foundation

Whole Family Initiative Rwanda

William + Flora Hewlett Foundation

Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)

World Bank Group

World Childhood Foundation

World Forum Foundation

World Health Organization (WHO)

World Vision

YODEP (Youth for Development and Productivity)

Zimbabwe Network for Early Childhood Development Actors (ZINECDA)

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