CEOLearn to Play
Priyanka Handa is a social entrepreneur, mother and author transforming how the world educates, protects, and cares for young children. Inspired by play and informed by African communities, she founded Learn To Play, a social impact business providing playgroups, parenting programmes and teacher training across Africa.
With an emphasis on sustainability, social & emotional wellbeing and ensuring every child accesses their right to quality early childhood education, Priyanka believes that being happy and healthy is the foundation for learning. Using two decades of teaching experience and leading multiple early childhood organisations, she’s developed models for early learning in various contexts that include private preschools, rural settings, employer supported childcare in farming communities as well as emergency and crisis settings. She’s created diverse curricula, training courses and innovative parent outreach including the most sustainable and scalable approaches to education.