The study assessed the contribution of community based early childhood care and educationrncenters in creating access and delivering quality education for orphan and vu lnerable children inrnAddis Ababa. In this research, three community owned Early Childhood Care and Educationrn(ECCE) centers were selected through purposive sampling techniques. The study samplerncontained 75 Orphan and Vul nerable Children's (OVC) parents/ guardians whose chi ldren arernattending education in the community owned ECCE centers and 36 community owned ECCErncenter teachers and assistance teachers. All the 75 sample OVC parents/ guardians were selectedrnby using lottery method and ECCE center teachers were selected tluâ€¢ough random sampling.rnData were coll ected through document rev iew, questionnaire. Focus Group Discussion (FGD)rnand systematic observation. The quant itative data obta ined through questionnaires were analyzedrnusing frequency count and percentage. The data gathered from document review, focus grouprndiscussion and systematic observation were used to triangulate with quantitative data.rnThe result indicated that, idders and community based un ions beyond their customary role /rno horizon providing free and affordable ECCE services for orphan and vulnerable children. Asrnindicated in the study, the service provided by community owned ECCE centers enabled childrenrnornto acquire reading, writing and basic life skill s. Even though the centers exel1 their utmost eff0l1rnto provide quali ty and access ible ECCE serv ice, however, diffe rent constraints such as absencernof adequate technical and material support from concerned government line offices hamper therninit iation and enthusiasm of the centers to add ress more OVC. Finally, based on the majorrnfindings it is recommended that the required technical and fi nancial supports should be providedrnboth from concerned line offices and nongovernmental organizations to mitigate the prob lem.