Earlier this month help2read was chosen as the 4th charity partner for the FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN, the Cape’s premier 12km road run. This is a fantastic opportunity for runners to lace up to run for literacy and help give the gift of literacy.
The 2019 South African Library week was celebrated with the theme Collaborate @ your Library during the week of 18 – 24 March 2019.
This theme connects with the LIASA Presidential Theme: “Libraries: Advancing development through collaboration, partnerships and innovation”.
It is already the end of a very busy first term and we are proud to introduce the 2019 Community Literacy Tutors. After the recruitment and selection process in January, a total of 54 young people (aged 18 -35) have received the help2read Core Training. help2read core training is essential for LTs to not only understand the issues and challenges of literacy but to equip them with critical tools such as child protection, personal effectiveness before delivering one-on-one reading support.
In the month of love, the help2read team chose to reflect the books that they love and in the words of Maya Angeleou: “Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs is good for him.”
When I first met Susan Belgrave at a beanstalk event she was already in her mid-80s and just about to go off to ride a horse alone across as I recall Kazakhstan. We arranged to meet at the Travellers Club in London following her return and there i asked her to become help2read’s patron.
For 10 years, World Read Aloud Day has drawn global attention to the importance of reading aloud and sharing stories with children. As it was celebrated on 1st February, it is worth taking time to consider the countless benefits of reading aloud and the opportunity to integrate it into our daily interactions with children.
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