FunDza is one of the Nal’ibali campaign’s partners. Nal’ibali (isiXhosa for “here’s the story”) is a national reading-for-enjoyment initiative to get people in South Africa – children and adults – passionate about telling and reading stories.
Nal’ibali wants to inspire everyone to get involved in telling and reading stories everywhere − at home or at a reading club, on the bus or the train, at clinics or at school. Nobody should miss out!
In our multilingual society it is vital to use the power of stories − oral, written, and in many languages – to grow readers and writers because it is from a place of inspiration, enjoyment and personal relevance that literacy and biliteracy learning begins.
FunDza is featured in this week’s Nal’ibali supplement
The cut-out-and-fold mini-book in the supplement is the first two chapters of Broken Promises, the first book in the Harmony High series, which FunDza uses as part of its “Popularising Reading” book distribution programme. For the supplement, the text has been translated into either isiXhosa or isiZulu.
Readers are invited to read the rest of the story on FunDza’s mobi site or Mxit portal (Mxit > Tradepost > Mxit Reach > mobiBooks > FunDza).
Nal’ibali bilingual newspaper supplements have stories, literacy activities, reading and reading club tips and support. You can find one in:
- The Times (KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng) – English and isiZulu
- The Times (Western Cape) – English and isiXhosa
- The Herald and Daily Dispatch (Eastern Cape) – English and isiXhosa
- Additional reading resources and stories are published in the KwaZulu-Natal Sunday Times and Eastern Cape Community papers.
- An additional 900 000 Nal’ibali supplements are distributed through Avusa Media directly to reading clubs, community organisations, libraries, schools and other partners in the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.
To find out where you can access supplements in these provinces or to become a supplement distribution partner, please email supplements@nalibali.org.
Click here to see this week’s supplement in isiXhosa or isiZulu.