Access to early learning and pre-primary enrolment has grown in the past decade, but still 159 million children - over half of all three to six year olds - are missing out. It a place to learn and engage with civic development, to improve economic inclusion, social cohesion and environmental sustainability. It fosters disillusion and discontent, giving children the impression that there is no alternative to violence, often confronted with the choice to become a member of a gang or to never leave home.