NACC Leadership Biography

Irma Allen

Irma Allen is an internationally recognized education and environment specialist, with wide experience in development work in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.

One of her main interests is to promote and assist the process of integrating environment into formal and non formal education at all levels (specially early childhood).

She resides in Swaziland and has worked there as a teacher, University lecturer, Director of In-service Education, and technical advisor to Projects in curriculum development and teacher education. She also works closely with the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCD) Unit of the Ministry of Education developing materials, training teachers, and monitoring and evaluating ECCD programs.

Apart from her consulting work, she currently serves as Chairperson of the Boards of SOS Kinderdorf, the Baha'i Schools, and the Swaziland Environment Authority. In 1988, she was awarded a Global 500 Award from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).