Western Cape Government awards Nal’ibali prize for best language development contribution
Honoured for its work in Western Cape in the field of multilingualism and mother tongue literacy promotion, Nal’ibali, the reading-for-enjoyment campaign, was awarded the Best Contribution to Language Development prize at the annual Western Cape Cultural Affairs Awards. The ceremony was held last night at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town.
Initiated by PRAESA (The Project for the Study of Alternative Education), Nal’ibali is a national campaign working to…
Pop-up bookstores help spread Story Power
In support of our New Year’s drive to get parents to adopt reading resolutions, we held two pop-up bookstores, in Cape Town and Soweto, on 31 January. Not only were the bookstores a chance for people to choose books to take home and enjoy with their children, but also an opportunity for the Nal’ibali team to hand out Story Power Pacts – which is part of our…
Pop-up bookstores help spread Story Power
In support of our New Year’s drive to get parents to adopt reading resolutions, we held two pop-up bookstores in Cape Town and Soweto on 31 January. Not only were the ‘bookstores’ a chance for people to choose books to take home and enjoy with their children, but also the opportunity for the Nal’ibali team to hand out Story Power Pacts – which is part of…
Pop-up bookstores help spread Story Power
In support of our New Year’s drive to get parents to adopt reading resolutions, we held two pop-up bookstores in Cape Town and Soweto on 31 January. Not only were the ‘bookstores’ a chance for people to choose books to take home and enjoy with their children, but also the opportunity for the Nal’ibali team to hand out Story Power Pacts – which is part of…
Nal’ibali’s year in review: 2014
In 2014, celebrities, organisations, and most importantly, caregivers and parents helped us spread the power of stories across the country. Let’s take a look at the best of these inspiring moments!
Embracing International Mother Tongue Day
To celebrate the importance of mother tongue languages in South Africa, celebrities tweeted for us in their home language, helping to get #InMyLanguage trending on Twitter. The celebs who helped…
Nal’ibali’s year in review: 2014
In 2014, celebrities, organisations, and most importantly, caregivers and parents helped us spread the power of stories across the country. Let’s take a look at the best of these inspiring moments!
Embracing International Mother Tongue Day
To celebrate the importance of mother tongue languages in South Africa, celebrities tweeted for us in their home language, helping to get #InMyLanguage trending on Twitter. The celebs who helped…
South African Airways partners with Nal’ibali to bring home the power of storytelling and reading
Johannesburg, 11 December 2014 – These school holidays, South African Airways (SAA) has partnered with the Nal’ibali national reading-for-enjoyment campaign to help children soar to great heights through storytelling and reading.
During December and January 2015, passengers travelling with children, and unaccompanied minors, will be offered a specially-developed magazine containing two children’s stories written by local authors, fun literacy activities, and a holiday “reading passport” with challenges…
South African Airways partners with Nal’ibali to bring home the power of storytelling and reading
Johannesburg, 11 December 2014 – These school holidays, South African Airways (SAA) has partnered with the Nal’ibali national reading-for-enjoyment campaign to help children soar to great heights through storytelling and reading.
During December and January 2015, passengers travelling with children, and unaccompanied minors, will be offered a specially-developed magazine containing two children’s stories written by local authors, fun literacy activities, and a holiday “reading passport” with challenges…
htxt.africa: New app Nal’ibali brings books to Mxit to help tackle SA’s literacy problems
One of the lesser appreciated problems in South Africa which, if tackled correctly, could have a knock on effect for everything from business acumen to social understanding to basic education is that in a lot of areas within the country, there’s no such thing as a reading culture. As the Spanish philosopher George Santayana put it, “those who do not remember history are doomed…
DigiKids: Nal’ibali and the journey of reading
Today is World Literacy Day and we’re big fans of reading, whether its with a book or via a screen. But, most of all, we’re even bigger fans of cuddling up with our kids for a good old bedtime story.
The benefits of reading to children when young, and reading with them later on are well documented but, what we feel can’t quite be encapsulated in research, is the…