by Nadeema Musthan | Jun 22, 2021 | Our News
Four days after FunDza had been officially incorporated as a nonprofit trust, it made its first book donation: 10 copies of the book Broken Promises to Ikamva Youth in Masiphumelele. There was a hand-over event at the Masiphumelele library with dancing, ululating and...
by Team Fundza | Oct 24, 2020 | Our News
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...
by Nadeema Musthan | Aug 4, 2020 | Our News
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...
by Team Fundza | Feb 26, 2019 | Our News
January and February have been extremely busy and exhausting months, but these have been filled with excitement for FunDza staff who’ve been facilitating the Writing a Good Essay workshop in schools, colleges, NGOs and libraries all around Cape Town. We’ve...
by Team Fundza | Nov 26, 2018 | Our News
Beneficiary groups who receive our books often ask for training on how to use the books and other FunDza materials, more effectively. On 1 November 2018, FunDza hosted a FunDza Family workshop with various reading groups around Cape Town. Twelve people from the...
by Team Fundza | Oct 31, 2018 | Our News
By Refilwehape Mofokeng There is a lot that we gain through running the reading group session workshop with our Family beneficiary groups and much we can take away from the experience. For example, we value the human connection we develop with our FunDza Family as...
by Nadeema Musthan | Oct 29, 2018 | Our News
FunDza is launching a brand new publication in a brand new format. We have called it a Funzine – and it is a mixture of a book, magazine and textbook. It will be A4, and will be a collection of all kinds of different texts: stories, poems (by our FunDza Fanz as well...
by Nadeema Musthan | Oct 3, 2018 | Our News
In the hectically busy month of September, Nandi devoted some time to catching up with a number of our Family beneficiary groups to get deeper insights into how they are using the FunDza books and what impact these are having on the teen and young adult readers. The...
by Team Fundza | Jul 27, 2018 | Our News
FunDza works with a network of beneficiary groups – called the FunDza Family – around the country that receive books and reading resources to support a culture of reading and writing in their communities. We caught up for five minutes to ask five questions...
by Team Fundza | Jul 9, 2018 | Our News
On the 30 June 2018, Nandi from FunDza Literacy Trust visited the KwaFaku book jam in Crossroads, Cape Town. The Book Jam was organised to encourage children and young adults to read for enjoyment and write for expression. It is through such initiatives with...
