by Dorothy Dyer | Dec 4, 2017 | Our News |
This year FunDza has been involved in a very interesting online project based in the Vhembe District of Limpopo, organised by Sumbandila, an educational NGO in the area. Initially it was conceptualised as a Maths and Science support programme. However, as most...
by Team Fundza | Dec 4, 2017 | Our News
FunDza followers so enjoy the content from our mobi site but there remained a need for something Mzansi authentic, unique and inspiring. In a world that’s bombarded with negative news in the mainstream media, we felt there was a space for positive articles that would...
by Team Fundza | Dec 1, 2017 | Our News
Competitions are always my favourite thing at FunDza! Making the calls to the winners, to inform them that they have won, is a highlight. It’s also a tricky time: so many wonderful submissions but the winning is limited to just a select few! Making the decision...
by Team Fundza | Dec 1, 2017 | Our News
My name is Sive Sibenya and since I started working for the FunDza Literacy Trust, nothing has been the same and my life has changed drastically, in a positive way. I started working for FunDza on the 10th August 2017. I was hired under a three-month contract, where I...
by Carol Campbell | Nov 20, 2017 | Our News
The thick green vegetation and lazy rivers of KwaZulu-Natal’s south coast inspire exotic stories of adventure which is why a meeting of authors and artists in Ramsgate on November 11 and 12 for a book and art festival seemed a perfect fit. Mpume Makhaye, a writer and...
by Team Fundza | Oct 23, 2017 | Our News
The prospect of travelling for hours by air to the other side of the world really made me nervous! But I was curious too and I felt immense appreciation at being given the honour of representing FunDza, my colleagues, directors, as well as our readers – our FunDza...
by Team Fundza | Oct 10, 2017 | Our News
I recently took a short trip down to Cape Town from my hometown of Pretoria, and of course had to visit my friends and old co-workers at the FunDza offices in Muizenberg. FunDza is still and always will be very close to my heart. After seeing the team again, I began...
by Baeletsi Tsatsi | Oct 4, 2017 | Our News
Growing up in Kuruman, I was a regular at our local library. I read everything that grabbed my attention and to this day I am glad that my mother never monitored what I read. I have since discovered the power of reading and I’m a tireless advocate for reading....
by Team Fundza | Sep 11, 2017 | Our News
National Book Week! It’s all over South Africa and it’s a literacy frenzy! It’s a lot of hard work, and a lot of fun and it is impactful to the youth in our country. So, where did the FunDza team find itself in this week? Have a look below! 4...
by Team Fundza | Sep 5, 2017 | Our News
Fellow literacy NGO Help2read works with primary school children. Besides volunteers who read with the children on an individual basis, they also have literacy facilitators who spend a year working in schools using their programme. FunDza ran a workshop for 11 of...
