New Early Childhood Development & Resource Centre opens in Bamunanika, Luwero District

The Institute for Rural Education and Development (IREAD) is proud to announce the district of Luweero is celebrating the official opening of the IREAD Alim Early Childhood Development and Fatma Bai Resource Centre. All IREAD ECD Centres offer activity-based learning for children aged 3 to 6. Over 50 children have already enrolled. The Alim ECD and Fatma Bai Resource Centre brings the IREAD footprint in Uganda to 19 centres, adding to the IREAD presence in West Nile (4 centres), Central (5 centres), Eastern (5 centres), and Western (4 centres). 

The ECD Centres are built through collaborative efforts led by IREAD, a Canada-based NGO. The Ministry of Education and Sports, the Church of Uganda, and Buganda Kingdom have all endorsed IREAD’s intervention and excellence in Early Childhood Education offered at IREAD ECD Centres. Rotary is a key partner, encouraging community support and ensuring their involvement in the projects. Centres are built in communities where early childhood education programming is not already being offered.  

IREAD raises funds from donors in Canada and the United States—many of whom have family ties to Uganda—and local Ugandan families to build, furnish, and equip new ECD Centres, and to train ECD teachers. Rotary works with each community to ensure its contribution of local building materials and unskilled labour. Many IREAD ECD Centres are built on land donated by the Church of Uganda, Buganda Kingdom, and other private Ugandan foundations.