“Children who learn in their mother tongue are better equipped to succeed.” These are encouraging words from the new Minister of Education Siviwe Gwarube. As we continue to celebrate the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022- 2032) it is reassuring
Job opening: Reading Programme Community Facilitator
1 Year contract – Part-time (24 hours/week) – Muizenberg, South Africa. Little Zebra Books is a faith-based, nonprofit organisation that specialises inproviding home language books to organisations that serve communities inSouthern Africa. Masifunde Sidlala is a programme, currently operating in
Masifunde Sidlala (Let’s read and have fun) – A reading-for-enjoyment project in South Africa using Little Zebra Books
In July2023, we started a pilot project that we first named ‘The Love of Reading’. This would be our first major pilot project in South Africa since 2018. This pilot project aims to reach 3,000 children in the Cape Town
Little books for little hands
iThemba School shares Little Zebra Books with their preschool learners in South Africa. Children ages 3 to 6 learn to love books at an early age and that happens before they even can read! We believe every child deserves beautiful
Books create a moment of engagement
In a world of noise and distraction, there’s something meditative about reading a book. Thanks to your support, children across Africa are getting lost in books every day. But they are finding something too, because these little books are written