by Asithandile Tyulu | Mar 31, 2022 | Our News
Dorothy Dyer Every year, the Library of Congress awards literacy prizes to organisations in the US and internationally in recognition of their work. We were delighted that in 2021 FunDza was an honoree (a euphemism for ‘runner-up’!) and received 5000 dollars prize...
by Nadeema Musthan | Sep 14, 2021 | Our News
LITASA – the Literacy Association of South Africa – has always been a great supporter and friend of FunDza, since our first presentation at one of their conferences 10 years ago. Since then their conferences have been a highlight of our annual calendars as...
by Nadeema Musthan | Jul 27, 2021 | Our News |
FunDza is delighted to have been selected as one of three nonprofits pitching at this year’s MTN Donor’s Den as part of the Trialogue Business in Society Conference. This year’s theme focused on using technology for education. With a top prize of R25,000, we decided...
by Team Fundza | Jul 10, 2018 | Our News
Johannesburg City Libraries’ Library and Information Services eLearning Unit ran an essay writing competition in collaboration with the FunDza Literacy Trust from 1 April to 31 May 2018. The intention of the competition was to promote eLearning services to the...
by Team Fundza | Nov 4, 2017 | Our News
FunDza is immensely proud to have won Gold in the Impumelelo Social Innovations Awards, a leading awards programme in South Africa, that rewards innovators who find creative solutions to public problems. Impumelelo is dedicated to ensuring that award winners...
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 Nadeema Musthan | Aug 31, 2017 | Our News
We’re delighted to announce that FunDza has been awarded the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy 2017. The prize, supported by the Government of the People’s Republic of China, rewards work that benefits rural populations and out-of-school youth,...
by Team Fundza | 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 Team Fundza | 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 Team Fundza | May 17, 2017 | Our News
The Joy of Reading Award is an international award intended to recognise initiatives or projects that encourage citizens to read. Systematic, an IT company with a focus on creating solutions for corporate as well as health and education organisations, developed the...
