Uganda Literacy Achievement and Retention Activity (LARA) is a five-year initiative implemented by RTI International in collaboration with World Vision. The overarching purpose of the LARA is to improve the reading skills of primary-grade learners in Ugandan government schools through the scale-up of the Early Grade Reading methodology and ensure retention in early grades through prevention of school-related and gender-based violence. LARA aims to improve literacy by supporting interventions that (1) Improve key aspects of reading skills in both English and three of the 12 selected local languages in the primary grades and (2) Improve the year-to-year retention of learners in the primary grades by ensuring that the school environment for learners of all genders is safe from any form of abuse.