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Early childhood is the most critical time for positive intervention. Children-s development during this stage is strongly affected by their environment, and that effect continues to exert a strong influence on the rest of their lives. This article has a review over education programs in Jawa Timur Surabaya city by a organization it called Sinergi. It had been started by students of state university of Surabaya (UNESA) . They educate the kids who lives in slum area of Surabaya city known as kampung 1001 malam. The purpose of this program is to educate the children, the number of children whom attending the education program around 50 person and with different ages. the Sinergi volunteers use the simple ways to teach and planting hopes in the children hearts who are in their early childhood and growing up in the bad situation that has no edual access to educational opportunities. Challenges are facing: 1. uneducated parents and society. 2. Rude behaviour of parents with their children in public. 3. lack of donators and public support. Low family income is not the principal factor militating against the success of slum children in school. The manner of life into which they were born, the way in which they have been treated by adults, the kind of speech heard in the home, and the values, aspirations and personal habits of their elders are the main influences affecting the childs educability.