Joint Media Release Monday, 04 February 2013 Storytelling festival at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) 22-23 February 2013 The Faculty of Education of the University of Johannesburg (UJ) and the Gcinamasiko Arts and Heritage Trust will host a Storytelling Festival at the UJ Soweto Campus. This event themed ‘Love in your language’ aims to encourage […]
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Visit to Luthando Crèche in Stellenbosch When five visitors from Sweden came to work with CBN, they valiantly got down to work with children between ten and twelve years-old, but their hearts called out for some younger children! With the kind help of The Beautiful South guesthouse in Stellenbosch, who have strong connections with Luthando
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On the 16th and 17th of November, 2012 CBN held a workshop with members of the choir of the University of Cape Town and children in Clanwilliam. This led directly to the suggestion that CBN could work with children in the Cederberg area.
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During the first two weeks of October CBN hosted five Swedish visitors, four librarians and a drama teacher, working with them and learning from them in different venues where children’s books are critically important. We began at Red Hill informal settlement with a two-day workshop for 25 children between 10 and 12 years old and
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During a wet week in late May 2012 and early June, we invited twenty high school children to a writing and story workshop at Red Hill informal settlement near Simon’s Town in the Western Cape. Attendance In spite of a mix up with bus times (Friday’s bus is earlier than other days), 18 young people
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CBN proudly hosted its very first workshop in October, 2012. Red Hill is an informal settlement that lies in the mountains behind Simon’s Town. Around 2000 young residents live in the area that is segregated into three parts. Unemployment is high and many families are not financially stable. Twenty children between the age of 15
How it all began – and how fast it sprinted off! Children’s Book Network turned out to be a fast developer. Born in January 2012, after a short gestation in the minds of founders Gçina Mhlophe, Lesley Beake and Sindiwe Magona, it has enjoyed a momentous first year. Now we look forward, with some excitement,
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I am person who is classical and self-motivated. I am a person who is caring and kind. I’m a person who has emotions as well. Most of the time I like reading and to play soccer with my friends and family. I do believe that I have made a difference in the lives of other
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I’m a girl 15 years of age. I live with my parents in a small community where everyone knows everyone. I describe myself as a caring person always looking out for my fellow neighbours when they are in time of need. I never back down from a challenge that’s coming my way. As my English
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I am ATHULE I was born in Eastern Cape and I am the loving person. I am living in RED-HILL. I love sharing things with people and I value everyone and I respect any one and I am a guy who believes that I have potential and I will do anything to help a friend
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My name is Cynthia Marinus I’m sixteen years old. I live in South Africa in the place called Simon’s Town. There are so many things you can do and so many things to see in south Africa. In many places you don’t have what we have here in South Africa. This is a wonderful place
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I am a girl who lives in Red-Hill and I am still a young teenager. I live with my mother, brother and sister. I live in a community that has few people but is a very peaceful and safe place. I live in a shack and it’s a three-room home. It leaks when the weather
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I’m Nosiphiwo Xatshi I am fifteen years old, living in Red Hill and I am doing Grade Ten this year in Masiphumelele High School. At home I am living with my aunt, two cousins and my older sister. I am a person who doesn’t like the wrong things. I am a girl who is having
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My name is Alicia Marinus I’m sixteen years old. I live in South Africa in the place called Simon’s Town. There are so many things you can do and so many things to see in South Africa. In many places you don’t have what we have here. This is a wonderful place I’m so glad
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The place where I live is not what I dream about. I wanted to live somewhere I would feel happy – like America or Europe, but not Africa. Where they placed me, I have to travel to get somewhere I want to be. I mean, in other places kids just walk to school and if
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When I wake up in the morning, I hear the sound of chirping birds. I feel the cold wind from outside through the holes in my house. I get up and make my bed. I look through the window – the sky is grey. I feel a bit worried about the weather as I get
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I wake up in the morning feeling as if it’s going to be a good day, with a cool breeze from outside. I go and brush my teeth. There are dark grey clouds, black trees and dripping rain. I realize that it is a rainy day instead! My dog, and the chickens outside are all
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When I wake up in the morning, I see someone next to me – my little sister. I see the roof and I see my family. Outside I see the sea and the houses of my community of Red Hill. It is raining and it is very cold. I see the cars on the road
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Every morning I wake up the first thing that I hear is the wind blowing. Buses going up and down the ocean breezing birds sing. The first things that I smell is the pap that is cooking the sea that is breezing. I open my eyes I see the roof over our house and my
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Red Hill is a place where different people live; it is a good place. What I like about it is there is no crime and you can walk about any time you like. For us as teenagers, it is a good place to live. There is fresh air and beautiful green trees. The negative thing
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