Institute for Rural Education and Development

1. Build early childhood development ('ecd') centres in rural poor areas of uganda; oversee ecd centres and programs in nw pakistan 2. Develop ecd cirruculum 3. Train and qualify teachers to deliver ecd 4. Encourage children's enrolment in ecd by educating parents on the long-term social and scholastic benefits 5. Establish iread ecd centre school management committees and encourage and guide their efforts to employ teachers repair and maintain the schools and offer support to the students such as lunch programs and uniforms iread is led and run by volunteers in canada uganda and pakistan; there are paid field managers and administrative contractors in uganda and canada.