Reading Power Programme Progress Report – June & July 2011

New children We completed an initial assessment on 15 new children during the July school holidays.  Most of them required a lot of support because it was very difficult for them to cope as it was the first time for them to work on a computer. The new group mostly consisted of grade 2s and [...]

Reading Power Programme Progress Report – May 2011

We find it a blessing to be facilitators of the reading programme. We are motivated to get up every morning and plan for the day ahead. Our minds are full of SizaBantwana and the children. We always ask God to make us useful vessels in the lives of the children in our community. It is [...]

New Reading Centre building: Volunteer project by Global Perspectives students

We at SizaBantwana are deeply grateful for the amazing work that a group of students, who are part of their school’s Global Perspectives Programme, have done on their recent visit to South Africa. The students are from Pinetree Secondary School, which is situated in Coquitlam, Vancouver, Canada. A derelict building before… Full of enthusiasm and passion they [...]

Reading Power Programme – progress report March & April 2011

I find it a blessing to be helping the children with the READING POWER PROGRAMME. We are continuing to help them to read, write and understand English and our children are still very interested in the programme. We know that in due time our children will reap for life, and therefore we will not give [...]

Narrative report: Amukelane Project Feb 2011

February was another hopeful month for the children and the care workers of Amukelane project. The interaction between children and care workers is good and improving. The care workers show concern and attend to sick and unhappy children. We had children who had sores in their body and unable to play happily, but medication was [...]

Reading Power Programme Progress Report – Feb 2011

Sizabantwana children’s benefit continues to make a difference in the lives of Orphans and vulnerable children (OVC’s) in the rural area of Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga province of South Africa through Reading Power Programme. Children are learning to read, write and understand English as a language through which many subjects at school are taught. We bear [...]

Reading Power Programme Progress Report – Dec 2010 & Jan 2011

Only eight months has passed since we started with the Reading Power Programme and we can witness a great difference this programme has brought and will continue to bring in the lives of these children. It is very encouraging to see the progress. I was sitting next to a girl who is now in grade [...]

Reading Power Programme Update – Nov 2010

I find it very encouraging to see the children’s progress with using the Reading Excellence software programme. The children are indeed interested to learn to read, write, understand and speak English. We believe that this will be a motivation to  further their studies. We are grateful for the support of the Care Workers on this [...]

Reading Power Programme – August 2010

It is encouraging to see how hungry the children are to learn. The past two weeks the children just never wanted to stop working on their study units. I continue with the programme at Amukelani  project on Wednesdays. Attendance information At the end of August there were 21 children enrolled in our Reading Power programme [...]