Our Impact
SmartStart has connected more than 320,000 children in South Africa’s lowest-income communities to quality early learning during the most critical years of brain development.
“On track” children increased from 45% to 65% in just eight months, while those falling far behind were nearly halved.
More than 25,000 community members (mostly women) were enabled to run early learning enterprises, creating jobs and income locally.
SmartStart is helping drive systemic reform toward universal access for over 1 million children by 2030.
