Pictured are some of the elements of this work around the sense of taste good – and as the gentlemen on the front cover

This is what the children receive in their packs every week. Then there are books that are shared between the group, book club books

The books, the books, the books! When we decided to give the children hard-back books instead of loose papers to write and draw on,

In an age of television and instant switch-on, children find it hard to get to the heart of a story or a text. We

This project has been enormous. It has also been enormous fun, enormous amounts of work, enormous amounts of hope and a strong belief that

This week, the first unit of the Happiness Project has reached the children we work with in De Kop informal settlement. It is the

This project has been in our minds throughout lockdown when it was imperative to get material out there as fast as possible – and

‘Never waste a good crisis’ Memorably said by Winston Churchill, this remains a very significant way of looking at things. This has not been

If ever we needed it, it’s now! But we have been forced to admit that it is not possible to achieve all we wanted

We have been very fortunate to receive funding from Rotary Rotweil that will enable us to continue our reading programme for children out of

We are glad to report that the eight weeks of Lockdown Learning is extended for another week and that Vuyo reports a really good

Children’s Book Network has nearly completed an 8-week reading programme called Lockdown Learning with children in De Kop and Stanford South. Circumstances are not

Now in it’s fifth week, with daily activities, reading, writing and illustrating as well as games and songs, we hope this is making a

Each week since the 11th of May, we have distributed CBN Lockdown Learning Booklets to our children in De Kop settlement in Stanford. Each

There was a joyful response from children at De Kop informal settlement on Monday 11th May, when the starter kits were handed out with