Ninety percent of brain development takes place before
the age of five, and while universally agreed to be
pivotal in defining the trajectory of a child’s life, access
to high-quality Early Childhood Care and Education
(ECCE) is often inaccessible for the world’s most vulnerable populations. The United Nations estimates that
over 200 million children globally fail to reach their
full potential as ECCE continues to be neglected in
developing countries (Ritcher et al., 2016). For the 2.5
million children living in East Africa’s informal settlements, there is an urgent need for an affordable, highquality childcare option that is able to scale quickly to serve the masses (Black et al., 2016).
