Executive Summary

Project Host:

Fellows:

Katie McAuliffe, Research Fellow
Lea Mörsdorf, Research Fellow
Sabrina Nagel, Team Lead, Social Entrepreneur Fellow
Alejandro Ordóñez González, Social Entrepreneur Fellow

Introduction

Education for Sharing (E4S) is an international organization that forms better global citizens through innovative education. E4S is committed to providing meaningful experiences for all, using a unique methodology that harnesses the power of play, reflection and people's inherent ability to shape their own reality. Established 17 years ago in Mexico, E4S has worked with over 1.8 million beneficiaries from the educational community across thirteen countries.

Since its foundation, E4S has developed ten educational programs directed to a wide array of ages with different objectives aligned to its mission. One of the newest is called Grow for Sharing (G4S) and is focused on early childhood.

G4S is an educational program that builds global citizenship from childhood through play, teaching values like fair play, empathy, and teamwork. Focused on children ages 3 to 6, it uses hands-on activities to develop lifelong skills such as curiosity, collaboration, and critical thinking, fostering confident, socially responsible individuals.

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Organization’s role & strength

Mission

E4S’s mission is to form better global citizenship from childhood through the power of play. To achieve this, they incorporate core values of fair play, gender equality, tolerance, respect, empathy, responsibility, and teamwork into all aspects of their work. The objective is to change the way we look at education and youth development and, through local community efforts, drive systemic change.

Vision

To serve as a world reference in shaping global citizenship and cultivating a sense of agency starting from early childhood.

Need summary

The G4S team needed to understand which methods best instill positive behaviors and knowledge in preschoolers and how to measure these impacts effectively from the child’s perspective. They aimed to identify the most reliable assessments, like caregiver interviews or teacher evaluations, for comparable results.

Solution summary & next steps

Following a few discovery sessions with G4S and reviewing their organizational objectives, we suggested the following:

Pre-deliverable: Visual representation of the G4S program
Deliverable 1: Literature Guide
Deliverable 2: Assessment for children
Deliverable 3: Recommendations on MEAL Plan components
Deliverable 4: Future-focused Roadmap

Table 1. How G4S objectives align with deliverables

Irrespective of the path G4S may choose to follow in the future, establishing a robust foundation of evidence is crucial to enable the organization and the program to thrive. As such, all deliverables are oriented towards growing their evidence base.