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 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 Baeletsi Tsatsi | Sep 9, 2019 | Our News
Renowned storyteller and writer, Baeletsi Tsatsi, works on a freelance basis for FunDza in Gauteng to run workshops, activations and training days. We love her and the way that she brings thought and sensitivity to her work with young people. On 28 August, she ran a...
by Nadeema Musthan | 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 Nadeema Musthan | Feb 26, 2019 | Our News
At FunDza we are very excited about our new ‘funzine’ for reading clubs – a magazine-book publication full of poems, stories, articles and plays that have been enjoyed on the Fundza mobi site. It is different from our other anthologies, not only in size, but also in...
by Nadeema Musthan | Jan 28, 2019 | Our News
Looking at our top reads for 2018 we can see that romance continues to be a big drawcard for readers as many of these top reads have ‘love’ as an underlying theme. But, what also draws readers back are true life stories – particularly those that deal...
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 Team Fundza | Oct 29, 2018 | Our News
I developed a love for reading at a very young age. This was because I was privileged enough to have parents who took me to the library and who always read me storybooks before I could read for myself. It gave me a love for reading that I still have today. We know...
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 | Sep 27, 2018 | Our News
For the past couple of years, FunDza has been invited to join National Book Week and shine a light on literacy and reading. This year five FunDza team members collectively visited five provinces running a total of 10 sessions that reached an estimated 275 people. The...
