by Nadeema Musthan | Apr 27, 2020 | Our News
When lockdown struck, we knew it was going to be very difficult for our reading group beneficiaries to keep on with their work. So we were excited to hear from our partner, the National Association of Child Care Workers (NACCW), that some of their reading group...
by Nadeema Musthan | Apr 22, 2020 | Our News
When Gift of the Givers asked us if we could supply them with flyers about FunDza to go out with food parcels, it got us thinking about how we could get other reading material to young people in lockdown… And that’s how ‘Soul Food from FunDza’ was born. We took four...
by Nadeema Musthan | Apr 8, 2020 | Our News
Press Release Financial services provider Metropolitan is sponsoring a financial literacy short course hosted on FunDza, an online literacy portal dedicated to helping South Africans better their reading, writing and learning skills. The course will run from 9 April...
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by Nadeema Musthan | 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 Team Fundza | Apr 16, 2019 | Our News
Why do you read? Why does anyone read? Is it because it’s fun or relaxing or because you want to gain new knowledge? Is it to escape your current reality by traveling to far-flung ‘places’? Or is it perhaps to make new friends within the pages of a book?...
by Team Fundza | May 8, 2018 | Our News
On May the 7th, LEMOSA (the Learners Movement of South Africa) hosted its 4th Career Exhibition in Delft. Various organisations were invited to display at the career exhibition and FunDza was invited to present as well. Other organisations there were: AFDA, Mancosa,...
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 Nadeema Musthan | 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 Nadeema Musthan | Jan 30, 2018 | Our News
We know that we live in changing and challenging times. As a small organisation we have little impact on the macro environmental changes in our country, and indeed the world. But we do have control over our internal structure, and how we respond to these shifts and...
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...
