Early Childhood Development centres equipped with mother tongue books
Thanks to your generous support last year, we raised R80 000 for Early Childhood Development centres in South Africa. The money was used to fund a mother-tongue storybook project by our Donate-a-Book partner, Biblionef SA, and 1 000 books were donated to 10 under-resourced learning centres across the country. Find out more
Campaign ends on a high note
Thanks to your generosity, and with the help of Media24 and Exclusive Books, the 2008 Donate-a-Book campaign closes on target with R80,000 raised for mother-tongue story books to go to 10 under-resourced early learning centres across the country. Find out more
Last chance to support mother-tongue literacy
"Our centre serves an extremely poor community," says Dinah Mashabela, principal of the Ebenezer ECD Centre in Witbank. "The lack of learning resources is huge and books are non-existent." With the Donate-a-Book campaign ending on 31st July, this is your last chance to fund books for the children who learn and play at centres like Ebenezer. Find out more
190 books to support mother-tongue literacy
The Donate-a-Book campaign has raised an impressive R15,200 for mother-tongue books so far. This amounts to 190 books for under-resourced pre-schools across South Africa. But we still have a way to go to meet our ambitious target. Find out more
Publishing giant backs mother-tongue literacy
Africa's leading publishing group, Media24, is putting its weight behind mother-tongue literacy by backing GreaterGood SA’s Donate-a-Book campaign. As the campaign’s main sponsor, the group is also getting its staff fired up about literacy by running a Donate-a-Book employee volunteering drive. Find out more
Fanatical about literacy
The Donate-a-Book mother-tongue literacy campaign is being actively promoted by South Africa’s leading book retailer, Exclusive Books. Find out more
South Africa’s literacy crisis
Almost 80% of South African pupils do not develop basic reading skills by the time they reach grade five. Find out more
The global picture
An estimated 774 million people around the world are illiterate - one in five adults. Literacy is considered so important to human development that the United Nations has declared it a basic human right. Find out more
