by Shelley Bolle | Jun 26, 2017 | Our News |
1 July: Dorothy interviews with Cape Talk about ‘The Joy of Reading’ award. 3-5 July: Dorothy represents FunDza at the School Librarians Conference in Durban 4-5 July: Sonja runs Writing Good Essays workshops with Grade 9 and 10 learners from IkamvaYouth...
by Sonja Kruse | Jun 20, 2017 | Our News |
For the third year, FunDza brought False Bay College students involved in the Reading for Enjoyment Campaign to the Franschhoek Literary Festival. It was an honour to welcome 13 students and their lecturers to this popular literary event. The students attended three...
by Mignon | Jun 19, 2017 | Our News |
What’s the first thing that comes into your mind when you hear the word ‘librarian’? If your immediate thought was an older grey-haired lady with a propensity to say ‘shush’ very sternly, know that you need an introduction to the...
by Shelley Bolle | Jun 14, 2017 | Our News |
The FunDza Literacy Trust is getting young South Africans reading! While that may be winning news in itself, the organisation is delighted to have received international recognition: it has been selected as the inaugural recipient of The Joy of Reading Award 2017. The...
by Shelley Bolle | Jun 1, 2017 | Our News |
6 June: Strategy follow up meeting with Mignon Keyser at FunDza offices. 9 June: A farewell tea of cake and tears when CLASI, our office sharing partners, relocate to Community House in Salt River. 11-14 June: Mignon attends the Next Library Festival in Aarhus,...
by Shelley Bolle | May 22, 2017 | Our News |
Now that we’re six, the FunDza board and management felt it was time to review where we’ve come from and where we’re going to. Mignon Hardie asked Mignon Keyser to facilitate the strategy session for staff and the board. Mignon Keyser is a...
by Shelley Bolle | May 8, 2017 | Our News |
3 May: Dorothy visits the YearBeyond groups at Intshukumo and Phoenix High Schools 5 May: Mignon Keyser facilitates a strategy meeting at FunDza’s offices with staff and trustees, Xolisa Guzula and Rethabile Mashale-Sonibare 6 May: Xolisa and Rethabile have a...
by Dorothy Dyer | Apr 18, 2017 | Our News |
I was invited to attend the Children’s literacy, literature and multilingual storybook production / translation seminar organised by PRAESA, IBBY and PEN, and also to present FunDza’s work in a panel discussion. I gave a brief input about FunDza’s work, focusing on...
by Zimkhitha Mlanzeli | Apr 18, 2017 | Our News |
Sometime in early February, Mignon (FunDza’s Executive Director) shared a Creative Facilitation workshop with us and asked who would be interested in going. Being fully aware that the workshop would be over a weekend, we (Dorothy, Sonja and myself) signed up...
by Mignon | Apr 14, 2017 | Our News |
True confessions: the trip to Paris for the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week felt daunting and difficult. There were too many deadlines, too many reports to write, too many proposals to get off, and just generally too much to do. More importantly, I was tired, tired in my...
