by Team Fundza | Jul 25, 2017 | Our News
18 July is the birthday of South African hero and legend, the late Nelson Rholihlahla Mandela, a day celebrated by many throughout the country. The FunDza Literacy Trust was fortunate to have been invited by a dynamic young man, Sisonke Mengcane, the director of...
by Dorothy Dyer | Jun 12, 2017 | Our News
Lucky us! FunDza has been awarded a grant to run its WriteSmart writing clubs with three beneficiary groups in Gauteng. We are grateful to the Gauteng Department of Arts and Culture for their support. Writing is often seen as a chore at school. We are trying to break...
by Team Fundza | May 22, 2017 | Our News
Now that we’re six, the FunDza board and management felt it was time to review where we’ve come from and where we’re going to. Mignon Hardie asked Mignon Keyser to facilitate the strategy session for staff and the board. Mignon Keyser is a...
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...
by Ros Haden | Jan 18, 2017 | Our News |
Sibongile Fisher’s story is one of those that remind us at Fundza just why we do what we do, and just how rewarding and impactful it is. Fundza ran a ‘Mentoring Young Writers’ project in Gauteng form 2014 – 2016 where emerging young writers were paired with published...
by Team Fundza | Jan 18, 2017 | Our News
In December, FunDza ran a Summer Survey Competition. It was a win for us and a win for our readers too! We were able to learn more about our readers – who they are, what their issues are, what suggestions they have for improvements, what they like/don’t...
by Team Fundza | Sep 1, 2016 | Our News
FunDza and Cover2Cover Books were delighted to host a visit from Jayne Bauling, to promote her new book Playmaker, published by Cover2Cover. Jayne has published many youth novels and has won many awards for them too, so we were honoured to bring her on board as a...
by Team Fundza | Sep 1, 2016 | Our News |
For my final year journalism studies course at CPUT, whilst technically still a student, I have been working at FunDza as part of a required six month internship. My time at FunDza has been nothing short of amazing. I have been a part of the FunDza staff for...
by Dorothy Dyer | Feb 12, 2016 | Our News
FunDza is in the process of developing an online curriculum which we mainly piloted last year with the Western Cape’s Year Beyond project in eight high schools. However as the computers and Internet were not always functioning at these schools, and so the learners...
by Mignon | Dec 21, 2015 | Our News
Watch Charles North, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID, give a ‘Dev Talk’ on the importance of reading and literacy at the 2015 Global Education Summit.
