The Early Childhood Development Network for Kenya (ECDNeK) was established in September 2015, after a realization that there was a gap in coordination of Early Child Development (ECD) initiatives in Kenya provided by various actors and organizations that were engaged in service provision, capacity development, research, and advocacy. Subsequently, in September 2019, ECDNeK was formally registered with the NGO’s Coordination Board.
ECDNeK by managing coordination of Early Child Development (ECD) in Kenya, has provided
opportunities for enhanced engagement in the global development agenda, and implementation
of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) by stakeholders in the country as well as through cross learning from fellow African countries under the Africa Early Childhood Network
(AfECN) umbrella.
Although incepted in 2015, the network was launched in 2016, by the Ministry of Education
(MoE) and stakeholders, during the 1st National ECD stakeholders’ conference, held at KICD in
Nairobi. ECDNeK secretariat is currently hosted by Kenyatta University’s (KU) Department of Early Childhood and Special Needs Education, in Kenya. The ECD Network for Kenya is managed by a Board of Directors consisting of nine members, and under it, is a secretariat headed by the Executive Director. The Board meets on a quarterly basis.

To achieve the vision and mission of ECDNeK, we are guided by our mission, vision and four strategic goals;