SmartStart is pioneering a system-level approach to closing the early learning access gap at scale. Through an end-to-end delivery platform, the organisation enables women to build and run quality home and community based early learning enterprises, with the training, tools, quality systems needed to reach children across underserved communities nationwide.
Our social franchise model delivers a powerful triple benefit:
Improving long-term outcomes for children through evidence-based early learning during critical developmental years
Enabling women to build and sustain livelihoods through early learning enterprises
Enabling increased economic participation for parents through affordable, reliable childcare.
Through strategic partnerships with government, funders, and ecosystem collaborators, SmartStart has grown into a national network reaching 160,000 children every week across all nine provinces, while playing a key role in shaping how early learning is delivered at scale.
