To instil a culture of reading and contribute to improving numeracy among primary school children across the country, funeral insurer Avbob has launched the Avbob Road to Literary Trolley Library campaign.
The campaign, which began on 1 March in partnership with Oxford University Press South Africa (OUP), will gift 260 trolley libraries donated by the publisher in 11 official South African languages on numeracy books and other learning resources to deserving primary schools and education non-profit organisations.
The latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (Pirls) findings show 78% of Grade 4 learners in South Africa cannot read with meaning in any language, because they were not taught basic literacy in the language they speak at home.
Oxford, South Africa’s leading literacy publisher, has donated 130 000 books in all 11 official languages to this campaign.
In 2022, 180 trolley libraries were given to winning recipients, and this year that number has increased by 80 to 260 trolley libraries.
Each Avbob Road to Literacy trolley library has a value of R50 000.
The total investment value for 2023 competition is R13 million.
How to nominate a school
The public can submit electronic nominations, explaining why their choice of school or educational NPO deserves to win a trolley library of books.
To nominate a school or an educational NPO the nominator must include the desired language for the library, so the winners have the option to receive books in their preferred language.
Nominators can name deserving primary schools or educational NPOs, who serve learners in Grade R to seven. The https://clickme1.zero-data.co.za/RTL_PR website can be visited to nominate a chosen beneficiary.
