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How to support us

SmartStart is a national social franchise founded in Johannesburg, South Africa. They implement high-quality, standardised early learning programmes to children, aged three to five, recognising the huge gaps in early learning provision and providing an affordable solution to expand access to quality early learning in communities across South Africa.

ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï is a global children’s charity dedicated to ending the global education crisis and unleashing the potential of future generations.

Your contribution will enable ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï to develop, implement and deliver impactful programmes and initiatives which provide children and youth with the best start in life, a safe place to learn, and skills for the future.


You can support ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï at any level and immediately make a meaningful difference to children’s lives.

Make a single or monthly donation
Lithika Only, 6. Blooming Buds is a group of Early Childhood Development centres supported by ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï and run by Indian organisation Jeeva Jyothi in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Make a single or monthly donation

You can make an online donation today – or make a recurring monthly donation to support children’s education all year round.

Philanthropy

Philanthropy

We work with individuals, families and foundations who want to build tomorrow through education.

Fundraise for us

Fundraise for us

You can set up a fundraiser in your community, take part in a sporting challenge or engage your school in supporting ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï.

Donor-Advised Funds
Photography of Zagalytsiv Lyceum in Kyiv region, Ukraine. Our team visited the Kindergarten to understand some of the issues for Early Years in Ukraine as part of ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï's partnership with Ukraine's government to transform education and development for children aged three to five.

Donor-Advised Funds

You can direct a donation to ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï through your donor-advised fund or investment manager.

Join our Giving Circle

Join our Giving Circle

Join our community of high impact donors by making a three-year commitment of £10,000 or more annually.

Corporate Partnerships
GYA Kenya Training 2025

Corporate Partnerships

We work with the business community through sponsorships, cause-marketing and charity of the year partnerships.

Leave a Legacy Gift
Cooper, 6, with his mum, Louise. Cooper was born 13 weeks early and is one of the participants of the Edinburgh Birth Cohort. For World Prematurity Day 2024, we visited the Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory as participants of its ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Edinburgh Birth Cohort study are transitioning into primary school, creating a vital moment to learn how being born early can impact this stage of their lives.

Leave a Legacy Gift

Leaving a gift to ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï in your will is an easy way to celebrate your legacy and deliver a better future for children around the world.

Volunteer your time

Volunteer your time

Use your time and your voice to build tomorrow through education.

When supporting a charity, it is important to believe in the mission, leadership and strategy. That is why I support ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï’s work which continues to make an impact in the lives of children around the world.

Kate James – heads Kairos Philanthropy, her family foundation, chairs the Board of Vital Voices, and serves on the boards of Unreasonable, the US Board of the King’s Trust and World Reader.

Investing in ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï has high returns for young people throughout the world. By championing the Big Give, I have been able to leverage my contribution 4:1 – making a greater impact towards ending the global education crisis.

Stuart Roden – non-Executive Chair of Hetz Ventures, Tresidor Investment Management and Chair of Lewis Advisors. Stuart is also Chair and Founder of Unlocking Potential and Chair of The Design Museum.

As a ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Trustee and donor, I believe in the impact the organisation makes for young children throughout the world. From the projects I have seen firsthand, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï is unlocking big change.

Lucy Doughty – Trustee of ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï and Chair of the Doughty Family Foundation, an organisation working in the areas of health, financial hardship, and education.

If you wish to donate shares, stocks or funds, via a CAF account or any other means, please do contact us directly and we will work with you to facilitate the donation. Please note, eligible UK taxpayers may also be able to add Gift Aid, increasing their donation by 25% at no additional cost.

You can also contribute through our 501(c)(3) in the U.S.

To learn more, contact us at fundraising@theirworld.org


Give with confidence

We hold ourselves toÌýhigh standardsÌýthrough our memberships, independentÌýratingsÌýand seals of transparency.ÌýÌý

Join our Giving Circle

Join a community of high-impact donors dedicated to ending the global education crisis.

You can support ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï at any level and immediately make a meaningful difference to children’s lives. Individuals making a three-year financial commitment of £10,000 per annum (or £833 monthly) will be invited to join our Giving Circle.

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