by Zilungile Zimela | Sep 27, 2018 | Our News |
For the past couple of years, FunDza has been invited to join National Book Week and shine a light on literacy and reading. This year five FunDza team members collectively visited five provinces running a total of 10 sessions that reached an estimated 275 people. The...
by Dorothy Dyer | Aug 27, 2018 | Our News |
FunDza has been a partner of the YearBeyond programme since inception. YearBeyond (YEBO) uses volunteers to run after-school programmes in English and Maths in Western Cape schools. FunDza has supplied the English material for their high school programme running in...
by Dorothy Dyer | Jul 27, 2018 | Our News |
We often get asked by our Family beneficiary groups to host workshops to support them to run their reading groups. Being based in the Western Cape, it is easier to provide training to the groups that are close by but it is far harder for us to do this with groups that...
by Team Fundza | May 28, 2018 | Our News |
2 May: Dorothy Dyer visits teachers in Heideveld, as part of Year Beyond visit. 2 May: LITASA conference meeting for Dorothy Dyer, at UCT. 3 May: Nandi visits Marang a Letsatsi. 3 May: Nandi hosts a reading group training session with Beautiful Gate. 4 May: FunDza...
by Lukhanyo Matshebelele | Apr 25, 2018 | Our News |
On 7 April 2018 I was one of six writers who attended the launch workshop for the After School Action Series (ASAS) project. After coffee and tea, we introduced ourselves and shared our own experiences of participation in after school programmes. Jacqui Boulle, head...
by Team Fundza | Mar 1, 2018 | Our News |
1 March: Dorothy Dyer and Mignon Hardie attend a workshop for the WikiAfricaSchools Project. 1 March: Sonja Kruse runs the Reading for Enjoyment campaign at False Bay College, Fish Hoek campus. 5 March: Dorothy visits Inkwenkwezi High School to see how the YEBO...
by Nandi Tshabane | Feb 10, 2018 | Our News |
On Saturday, 10 February, FunDza hosted a ‘Creative Me’ workshop for Ikusasa Lelethu, a tutoring organisation that works with two schools in Khayelitsha. This group has a Grade 10 programme which tutors over 40 learners in mathematics, accounting, life...
by Team Fundza | Feb 1, 2018 | Our News |
5 and 6 February: Dorothy Dyer and Sonja Kruse attend a Year Beyond bootcamp. 6 February: FunDza lunchtime video hour and discussion: Amel Karboul’s Ted Talk “The global learning crisis – and what to do about it” 8 February: Sonja Kruse kicks...
by Baeletsi Tsatsi | Oct 11, 2017 | Our News |
It is expected for people to be late for an event, so when I arrive at the Hillbrow Library to find the area designated for the event empty, I am not surprised. The weather is partly cloudy with serious promises of rain. Once I have tested that the projector is...
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. What...
