Last week, hundreds of people gathered at the Kololo airstrip in Uganda to participate in a fundraiser supporting the development of early childhood development centers (ECDs) to deliver quality education in the regions of Karamoja, West Nile and Gulu, where there is a severe shortage of ECDs.

Along with building more ECDs, the issues of teachers’ training and the development of reading materials were raised.  A program funded by the Global Partnership for Education aims to help teachers improve the teaching of early grade reading by reaching 2,700 teachers in 27 districts in 10 languages.

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