by Nadeema Musthan | May 12, 2021 | Our News
This year we launched an exciting new project to develop our young writers: the FunDza Fellowship – a 10-month writing programme for 15 of our aspiring writers, conducted virtually. We selected young people, who had previously submitted Fanz writing or entered FunDza...
by Nadeema Musthan | Nov 27, 2020 | Our News
A lot of FunDza’s work is supporting our partners who are also committed to developing literacy with their beneficiaries. So we were happy to respond to Activate’s request to work with them on developing writers and publishing their stories. As Mzwandile Msimang from...
by Nadeema Musthan | May 27, 2020 | Our News
All of us at FunDza were excited to have received a grant from the National Arts Council to run our ‘Me With You’ writing workshop and mentorship project this year. The project was envisaged as two sets of face-to-face special writing workshops in Cape Town and Durban...
by Nadeema Musthan | Nov 15, 2019 | Our News
Over the years FunDza has been experimenting with different ways of developing young writers – from running two-hour workshops, to online tips and resources, to intensive writing mentorships. Each of these types of interventions has pros and cons. Last year...
by Nadeema Musthan | Apr 8, 2019 | Our News
On March 8th and 15th FunDza ran a creative writing workshop at Ikamva Labantwana Bethu in Nyanga East. It was sponsored by the Western Cape Department of Culture, Arts, Sports and Recreation and participants were out-of-work youth and volunteers who worked with...
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 | Jan 30, 2019 | Our News
FunDza is excited that its new anthology – Hero Within and Other Writing – is now out and currently being distributed to its Family reading groups countrywide. This beautiful anthology forms a part of its flagship project launched in 2017 – Rights 2.0: Bridging...
by Team Fundza | Jan 29, 2019 | Our News |
The new year started with a bang, and one of our top priorities was to get Team FunDza out of the office and into the classroom… to introduce learners to our popular and practical ‘Writing Good Essays’ workshop. There are already a number of...
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 Nadeema Musthan | Oct 29, 2018 | Our News
As all writers know, there is nothing quite like holding a book with your work in it. And this is how young learners at three reading clubs in Gauteng are feeling this month. Last year FunDza designed and implemented a pilot writing course, run by three groups in the...
