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Access to early education is a global challenge, yet it is a higher risk for rural, indigenous children. This microproject will champion 10 preschoolers and their families in the native Quilmes Community of the Calchaqui Valleys of Argentina, as they connect with books and improve social and learning skills that will help them break the cycle of poverty.

Through this program's success, it has become clear that education needs to begin as early as possible to give disadvantaged children a stronger start. The early childhood years are critical for development of the brain, and a child's emotional, social and physical wellbeing. Through the addition of a community Preschool at our new centre, it is our hope that the foundation for education within the trash picker community will be stronger providing them on a positive path to success.