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Watch the virtual launch for The People of Phendula Park
In case you weren't able to join the virtual launch of The People of Phendula Park on 30 October, here's the link to the video on the FunDza Facebook page! Click here for more.
FunDza’s staff writers reflect on their ‘faves’
At FunDza, we have a team of young staff members who help with editing and writing. They generate many of our ‘Did you know’ blogs, as well as our Inspiring Tomorrow interviews with extraordinary South Africans. Collectively they have produced more than 60 articles...
Introducing…. The People of Phendula Park
FunDza believes in the power of story in engaging readers with issues that affect them and their communities. It also believes that knowledge is power. The combination of fictional stories with informative resource material that unpacks the issues in the stories is a...
Dynamic Duos!
The National Arts Council funded FunDza’s ‘Me With You’ online writing workshops in June this year – a first for FunDza and a very rewarding experience for both the participants and the facilitators. You can read more about the workshop here. Out of the three workshop...
Experimenting with virtual training
FunDza’s Family Programme supplies books and resources to reading groups across the country. We have learnt that these are most effectively used when facilitators receive our training in how to run their reading groups with our materials. However, training is...
Meet the winners: Fantastic FunDza Fanz Giveaway Competition
The Fantastic FunDza Fanz Giveaway Competition ran for the month of September and enabled FunDza to celebrate its fantastic BIG FunDza readers! Each day we collected the details of the top 50 logged-in readers. There were then four rounds of random draws and five...
Fly with FunDza – New writers take off!
This year the South African Book Fair went virtual – a first, along with the many firsts, in our ‘new normal’. FunDza was invited to be part of the Children’s Programme in the virtual ‘Magic Tent’ which offered a range of exciting activities, from workshops to...
What’s up on WhatsApp?!
During lockdown it was interesting to note that many of our partner organisations who started working online felt more comfortable using our WhatsApp site rather than our mobi site. This was probably because WhatsApp became such a popular group space, with...
Unusual Love Poetry Competition Winners Announced
During the month of August, FunDza ran a poetry competition called, “Unusual Love”. Participants were asked to write a poem about a love they felt for an inanimate object, a place, an animal or an experience. The catch? The poem could not be about a person. The...
A warm FunDza welcome to Brian Mbanga!
Brian Mbanga, an expert in human resources and organisational development, has joined the FunDza board. We're delighted to welcome him to the team and look forward to his insight and his people-centred warmth on the team. Here we ask him a few questions about his...
Meet Rayelene Govender, an expert in corporate governance
Rayelene Govender has recently joined the FunDza board of trustees. She brings not only a passion for education but also one for corporate governance and ethics to the team. These skills are particularly vital to us as a nonprofit organisation that values ethical...
Special Covid-19 Book Distribution launched
We know that the Covid-19 pandemic has affected us all. So we are changing our book policy for the next few months and inviting all interested organisations, who are currently working directly with young people, to apply for a FunDza book donation. The books can be...