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We work to build a society that listens to girls and boys, promoting quality education that closes gaps, transforms the reality of early childhood, and drives a virtuous circle of social development.
Our purpose
At aeioTU, we work to develop the potential of girls and boys so they become capable, creative citizens who help build society.
Mission
To develop the potential of Early Childhood to transform communities in innovative and sustainable ways.
Vision
To operate with excellence an innovative, scalable and financially sustainable business model for the integral development of the world's Early Childhood.
Services
We designed two strategic lines
Our History
2025
We are now a Civil Association in Mexico
This is a historic milestone following 13 years of work in the country; alongside our participation in WISE, GSF (Kenya), and UKFIET, it helps position the aeioTU model within global early childhood education agendas.
2024
We have established ourselves as SIPI
We are now SIPI (Comprehensive Solutions for Early Childhood). We opened four new early childhood centers, launched a new diploma program, and initiated new projects in partnership with the VélezReyes+ Foundation, ICBF, Fondo Colombia en Paz, and Pies Descalzos.
2023
We grew as independents and made new partnerships
After 15 years, aeioTU has established itself as a legally, technically, and financially independent organization; however, it will remain part of the Carulla Foundation. In partnership with CAFAM, we opened a preschool in Bogotá, and we launched a partnership with FEMSA based in Nuevo León, Mexico.
2022
We won the LEGO® Prize 2022
Awarded to our Executive Director María Adelaida López and aeioTU for their extraordinary contribution to improving the lives of children through opportunities for learning, play and development.
2021
We launched a project with USAID and IOM
We launched "Río, Juego y Aprendo" (River, Play, and Learn) with the LEGO Foundation, in rural areas of Caquetá. Our educational initiative was recognized by HundrED and the IDB as one of the top 15 education innovations fostering 21st-century skills in Latin America and the Caribbean.
2020
We diversify our service formats
to continue accompanying children in person, virtually and with "Teacher at home". In alliance with IDB and MIDES of Panama, we developed training programs for educators to improve educational practices in the CAIPI of this country.
2019
Our professional development programs
reached educators in Colombia, Mexico and Panama. Thanks to the support of The LEGO Foundation we organized the first round table of allies for Early Childhood.
2018
We designed the strategy for Development Centers
Professional Development to inspire others to improve their quality. The red aeioTU receives 6 new members.
2017
We operate the first aeioTU Business Center
We signed a 10-year alliance with Fundación Grupo Social to improve the practices of early childhood educators in Cartagena.
2016
RED aeioTU was created
We are entering a new stage in which we seek to share knowledge to others through the accompaniment and training of educators in the aeioTU Model. RED aeioTU was created with the entry of its first member, Corpoayapel..
2015
We developed ConecTU
A software that allows us to monitor the development of children. We trained close to 3 thousand educators in the Colombian Caribbean coast in alliance with the ICBF.
2014
We finalize our Curricular Mapping
and with it we were able to expand our operation to 24 educational centers, which would provide attention to 10,801 children in Colombia. We began ISO 9001 certification.
2013
We implement the family mode
We started “aeioTU en casa”with which we will 3.050 Children were able to join the aeioTU Educational Experience.
2012
We designed the prototype of an aeioTU Center.
The First Things First alliance, of which we are part, was launched to expand the coverage of quality early childhood education throughout the country.
2011
We have arrived in Mexico!
As service providers through an international consultancy for new educational centers.
We increased our national operation to 11 centers and 2,680 children.
2010
We were able to serve 1,598 children
The impact assessment began with the Rutgers University and the University of the Andesthrough a longitudinal study in two centers in Santa Marta.
2008
We created the aeioTU brand
We shifted our focus to quality early childhood education and made our first investments in infrastructure and professional equipment.
Our Team
Highly committed professionals, working with passion for early childhood development.
Board of Directors
Yonathan Bursztyn
Chairman
President and Founder of Totto
Samuel Azout
Member
Chief Executive Officer Soccer with Heart and Co-Founder of aeioTU
María Victoria Angulo
Member
Education Consultant for Latin America
Elisa Mansur
Member
Director of Early Childhood and Intellectual Capital at VélezReyes+
Ana María Pelaez
Member
Investor at Inicia Educación
Alberto Mario Rincón
Member
General Manager of L'Oréal Colombia
Carlos David Castro
Member
Brookfield
Juan José Carulla
Honorary Member
ECD Centers Management
Nicolas Quintana
Private Operation Director
Diana Fonseca
General Operations Coordinator
Laura Guzmán
Pedagogical Coordinator
Catalina Rojas
ECD Center Coordinator Pasadena - Alhambra
Carolina Franco
ECD Center Coordinator Salitre - Modelia
Carol Vásquez
ECD Center Coordinator CAFAM aeioTU Suba
Dayana Miranda
ECD Center Coordinator CAFAM aeioTU Fundación Zoraida Madrid
Camila Diaz
ECD Center Coordinator CAFAM aeioTU Engativá
Lorena Borda
ECD Center Coordinator CAFAM aeioTU Kennedy
Public ECD Centers Management
Nathaly Mejía
Public ECD Centers Manager
Martha González
Buen Comienzo Aures ECD Center Coordinator Medellín
Carolina Muñoz
Buen Comienzo Moravia ECD Center Coordinator Medellín
María Ysabel Ricardo
Lomas del Peyé ECD Center Coordinator Cartagena
Dainy Amedo
Bicentenario ECD Center Coordinator Cartagena
Iris Rocha
Manzanillo del Mar ECD Center Coordinator Cartagena
Ana Yency Ramirez
Buen Comienzo Doce de Octubre ECD Center Coordinator Medellín
Angie Jiménez
Mayagüez ECD Center Coordinator Valle del Cauca
Kenia Martínez
Buen Comienzo Mamá Chila ECD Center Coordinator Medellín
Innovation and Quality Management
Nehyi Quintero
Innovation and Quality Director
Leidy Maldonado
Portfolio Manager
Andrea Moreno
Portfolio Manager
Angy Mateus
SOMOS Project Manager
Commercial Management
Daniel Castaño
New Business Development Manager
Ángela Vélez
Communications and Marketing Manager
Lorena López
International Partnerships Manager
Financial and Administrative Management
Alejandro Pardo
Financial and Administrative Director
Marcela Peralta
Human Resources Coordinator
Adriana Suárez
Accounting and Financial Coordinator
Iván Acevedo
Procurement Coordinator
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E-Mail: mercadeo@aeiotu.org
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