EVERY CHILD DESERVES THE CHANCE TO THRIVE
Rise gives young children facing hardship the strong foundation they need to learn and succeed. Through guided, play-based learning, children build the academic and social-emotional skills they need for school—and life.
Why Early Childhood?
One billion young children are growing up in communities torn apart by conflict, poverty and displacement. The toxic stress they carry doesn't end when the crisis is over—it reshapes the developing brain, leaving academic growth stunted and social-emotional needs unmet.
Brain Development
Toxic stress rewires the brain, which inhibits learning. More than 90% of a child’s brain is developed by age 6.
Narrow Window
The opportunity to ensure a child has the skills they need to be ready for school is both brief and precious.
Future Success
School readiness is one of the greatest predictors of academic and economic success.
It is not enough for children to survive. Every child deserves the chance to thrive.
Our Approach
We Equip the Adults Who Shape Children’s Lives.
Most early childhood programs focus on what to teach. Rise focuses on how to teach—and how children learn best: through safety, connection, joy, and guided play. We train, mentor, and coach teachers and caregivers to use proven, play-based tools that help children arrive at school ready to learn and ready to succeed.
Education is the clearest and most equitable path to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. Early childhood education is the highest leverage moment we have to change the arc of a child’s life forever.
Your Impact
When Children Receive the Right Support Early, the Results Are Clear.
90% of children with learning delays catch up developmentally within one year of Rise programming.
Children in Rise programs are 3X more likely to succeed in school—the strongest predictor of long-term academic and economic success.
“From the bottom of my heart, I want to express my deep gratitude to you for your work, care, and incredibly interesting and meaningful classes with our children. […] Your dedication, sincerity, and kindness create an atmosphere of trust and inspiration in which every child feels confident and happy. Thank you for your love for children, for your daily work, inspiration, and the positive energy you give!”
—Oksana, Ukraine
Our 2025 Impact
79,402
Children Served
3,055
Teachers Trained
12,219
Caregivers Strengthened
9
Countries
Behind Every Number Is a Child Who Is Rising.
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- The Goal -
Transform the lives of 1 million children by 2034.
Take Action Today and Help a Child Thrive.
$30 will provide a child experience joy, laughter and a love of learning through an entire year of Rise programming.
Your gift changes a child’s whole life.
Just $30 helps give a child the joy, safety, and support of play-based learning.
When you give to Rise, you build the foundation children need to learn, grow, and succeed.
You make a difference—for children, for communities, and for generations.