Children who are passionate readers today, are tomorrow’s leading problem solvers.
That is why Gogo, Nal’ibali’s reading granny, is honouring one of Nelson Mandela’s biggest wishes for South African children: To experience the joy of reading. Reading is a joyful exercise, and Gogo gives some tips on how to spark a love of reading in children:
- Volunteer to read or tell stories to children at your local library.
- Start your own reading club. Whether its five or 50 children, get together each week to read and share stories.
- Donate reading-related resources to a school, classroom, community centre or reading club that needs them.
- Write book reviews: get children of all ages to review a story that they recently read or review a story that you have shared with them.
- Support a literacy organisation by donating time or funds. For a list of literacy organisations visit nalibali.org/partners.
Book giveaway
Gogo is giving away 67 books in hampers of approximately seven books. In order to stand a chance to win one of these hampers, send an email before 11 August to Gogo at support@nalibali.org with the subject line, “Hello, Gogo!”. Tell her what you did for the children in your community for Mandela Month. Include your name, surname, contact details and physical address.
