This report describes the results of an endline evaluation of First Read, a programme focused on developing emergent literacy skills in children aged 0-6, in three sectors of Rwanda’s Ngororero district.

First Steps (Intera za Mbere) is a nationally-scalable approach to promoting healthy early childhood development by offering holistic parenting education to parents of 0-3 year olds in Rwanda. First Steps focuses on parents’ support for physical, socio-em