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by Dorothy Dyer | Aug 21, 2019 | Our News
I was on a trip to PE to visit the schools and teachers involved in the PROTEC/TELKOM Foundation project we are working on. I was there on a Saturday morning, waiting for a meeting, and so I started talking to the children who were in the computer lab. One young boy...
by Ros Haden | Apr 15, 2019 | Our News
On 9 April Dorothy and I ran a session at the Cape Teaching and Leadership Institute in Kraaifontein with after school practitioners. The session was part of the After School Game Changer Practitioner course run by the Western Cape Government, along with other...
by Dorothy Dyer | Nov 23, 2018 | Our News
The Year Beyond (YEBO) programme works with primary and high schools in the Cape Town area, with volunteers tutoring English and Maths as part of an afterschool initiative. As FunDza, we supply the English offline and online material and training for YEBO high...
by Team Fundza | 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 Baeletsi Tsatsi | Apr 24, 2018 | Our News
On Monday the 23rd of April, I celebrated World Book Day as a guest of the Johannesburg e-learning team. The event was held at Jabavu Library and over 30 learners were invited from 4 local schools to come and enjoy a day comprised of a workshop by FunDza, storytelling...
by Ros Haden | Apr 23, 2018 | Our News
FunDza was delighted to receive a grant through the Western Cape After School Innovation Fund to run a new project: the After School Action Series (ASAS). The Innovation Fund is managed by Community Chest on behalf of the Western Cape Government After School Game...
by Team Fundza | Sep 30, 2017 | Our News
When we were presented with the Joy of Reading Award in June this year, we wanted to find ways to share the good fortune with our readers and writers. So, we decided to turn September – traditionally our ‘Literacy Month’ with so many...
by Team Fundza | Sep 5, 2017 | Our News
Fellow literacy NGO Help2read works with primary school children. Besides volunteers who read with the children on an individual basis, they also have literacy facilitators who spend a year working in schools using their programme. FunDza ran a workshop for 11 of...
by Team Fundza | Aug 23, 2017 | Our News
When Ndibulele Sotondoshe and Nandipha Tshabane (Nandi) told me they needed a camera girl for their visit to False Bay College in Fish Hoek, I immediately agreed! Sonja Kruse, who runs the Reading for Enjoyment sessions at False Bay College, had invited Nandi and...
by Dorothy Dyer | Mar 8, 2017 | Our News
On 16 and 17 February I attended the Western Cape After School Game Changer Symposium, organised by the Western Cape Government and The Learning Trust. The conference focused on after-school programmes and how to make them more effective. FunDza is participating in of...
