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My favourite part of my job is when I go out into a community to attend the opening of a new library. I get excited about the opportunities and possibilities that a library represents to the community – especially to the children. The role of libraries has long since changed from being purely keepers and preservers of books. Now, many libraries are vibrant spaces…

For 36-year-old Kathlehong resident Mthunzi Motha, FUNda Sonke has provided a perfect opportunity to connect with people across the country and learn ways to help improve literacy in his community. FUNda Sonke – isiXhosa for “everyone read” – is a loyalty programme for everyone in the national reading-for-enjoyment campaign, Nal’ibali. The programme acknowledges everyday heroes like Motha who generously volunteer their time to encourage…

Children in Limpopo will be treated to a series of exciting and free pop-up events this October, as national literacy NGO, Nal’ibali, in collaboration with Clowns Without Borders South Africa, take their libraries roadshow to the province. Between 21 and 25 October 2019, the partners will visit Limpopo with a series of free literacy-focused pop up performances that promote reading and encourages people of…

Nal’ibali, South Africa’s reading-for-enjoyment campaign, has partnered with municipal libraries nationwide to challenge all adults to get the children in their lives a free library membership card. South Africa lacks a culture of reading and libraries remain largely underutilised, so children are unaccustomed to borrowing books to take home to read for enjoyment. In a quest to overcome illiteracy in South Africa and to…

Nal’ibali – South Africa’s reading for enjoyment campaign, received a huge boost this week, when Global Citizen Africa officially handed over 2600 children’s story books to Nal’ibali’s Story Power in Motion mobile library programme at an event at Ikageng Library in Soweto. Global Citizen is an international online community of activists who advocate for some of the world’s greatest challenges; during the months of…

Nal’ibali, South Africa’s reading for enjoyment campaign, is Africa’s sole recipient of the Library of Congress Literacy Awards Programme, honouring 15 organisations from around the world, for their implementation of best practices in literacy promotion. The Library of Congress, said to be the largest library in the world, officially announced the winners of the 2019 Literacy Awards on Thursday 29 August, and Nal’ibali was…