Beautiful Initiative Sees Over 6000 Mzansi Children Exposed to Literacy Programs Thanks to VW in Kariega
- Volkswagen South Africa has cause for celebration with two of its literary centres reaching significant milestones
- The German carmaker has partnered with Nal’ibali National Reading Campaign for 10 years and over 5000 children have been reached via the program
- The company has a plant in Kariega and has invested heavily into the area via educational programs such as these
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Two significant projects by Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA), both of which are aimed at ensuring functional literacy by the age of 10 for Kariega learners, reached milestones worth celebrating.
VWSA’s partnership with the Nal’ibali National Reading Campaign has been running since 2012, making this the tenth anniversary of the partnership, which has reached more than 5000 children in Kariega, Despatch and Motherwell to date.
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With VWSA’s support through its VW Community Trust, the Nal’ibali programme runs in 18 primary schools in these areas, with 160 reading clubs to promote a love of reading, and 635 people trained to support literacy development through these initiatives, MotorPress reports.
At the same time, this month marks five years since VWSA’s first literacy centre was opened at Ntlemeza Primary School in Kariega, HeraldLive reports.
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The company has established a total of five literacy centres at KwaNobuhle schools, the other centres being at Vuba Primary, Noninzi Luzipho Primary, Mngcunube Primary and James Ntungwana Primary. A total of 1 124 learners have been reached through this literacy intervention.
To build on the success of these centres, the company has also introduced classroom-based literacy interventions at five more KwaNobuhle primary schools. This programme is administered by Funda Wande, a long-standing partner of VWSA, and entails Teacher Assistants working full time with the teachers in classrooms to promote literacy.
The beneficiaries of this programme, which began in January, are: Melumzi Primary School, Nosipho Primary School, Phakamile Primary School, Mthonjeni Senior Primary School and Alex Jayiya Primary School. An estimated 633 learners will benefit from this initiative in 2022.
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These two initiatives are only a part of the Community Trust’s extensive efforts to ensure learners can read for meaning by grade 3. Other programmes include a variety of workshops hosted for learners, parents and caregivers at 10 schools since 2015, as well as teacher training specifically focused on teaching reading, in partnership with Rhodes University and Funda Wande. An estimated R57 million has been invested in VWSA’s journey for literacy to date.
Nonkqubela Maliza, Director for Corporate and Government Affairs at VWSA says:
“Full functional literacy remains the gateway for learning, and education is the foundation on which our youth will build their futures,” we want that foundation to be as strong as possible, which is why the Community Trust has dedicated its time and resources to prioritising education. We are thankful to have had valuable partners on this journey, and together we intend to continue making an impact in foundation phase education.”
Proudly SA moment as Lira and Bryan Habana help those in need
Global Land Rover ambassador Kingsley Holgate recently called on well-known musician Lira and rugby legend Bryan Habana – also Land Rover ambassadors – to lend a hand with the delivery of food parcels to an early childhood development centre in Thembisa, Johannesburg, Briefly News reports.
The mission was captured in a short film under the banner of #TeamDefender which is an initiative to build a community of like-minded people, who aspire to go above and beyond to make more of their world.
The expedition involves a 30 000km journey through 30 countries from the southern tip of the African continent to the most northern point of Europe, and then on to the birthplace of Land Rover at the mystical Isle of Anglesey in Wales.
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