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.
Our mission is to bring back a healthy childhood to young children in emergency situations and vulnerable communities around the world.
“Early childhood is the most critical period of a person’s life. It is the time we have the most impact in the present and in the long-term future. ”
— Sarah & Ran, Co-Founders of Early Starters International
Partners
Governmental Partnerships
Israeli Ministry of Education
Ukraine Ministry of Education
Moldovan Ministry of Education
Israeli Ministry of welfare
New York City Hall
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Lithuania Ministry of Education
Lithuania Ministry of welfare
Latvia Ministry of Education
NGOs
IsraAid
Amiga
Yalduta
Ave Copii
Caritas
Lev Ehad
Dror Batei Hinuch
Sesame Workshop
NALA FOUNDATION
ITC-israel trauma coalition
OLAM
Light for the World
Prodev Haiti
Jcca
Ajeec
Variety Jerusalem Center
Community Mediation Centers
Aid for life
the Fund of “Вiльних и Небайдужных” (The Free and those who care)
Tony and Rhonda Foundation (Funzz.PL)
Sponsors
EGL - Dr. Evelyn Lipper Foundation
UJA - New York Jewish Federation
JFNA - The Jewish Federation of North America
Gottesman Foundation
Gilford and Diana Glazer Foundation
Beracha Foundation
SID Israel
Yad Ha’nadiv
Puma
Ratio Energies
Levy & Shtark Zilberstein Consulting Engineers Ltd
UNHCR
Jewrope
Angels of Ukraine
Van Leer Foundation
Lithuania University
JDC