Jean Williams shares her top tips to look out for when purchasing storybooks for visually impaired children. As the Executive Director of Biblionef, one of our main objectives is that ALL children should have access to books, this includes visually Read More …
Language is a road map of culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going – Rita Mae Brown In celebration of UNESCO‘s International Mother Language Day, we have donated a total of 12 584 storybooks in Read More …
With funding from our committed donor, the Jim Joel Fund, we were able to support organisations focusing on early childhood development in KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. We worked with Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centres, ECD toy libraries and ECD Read More …
In keeping with this year’s World Aids Day theme of Impact Through Transparency, Accountability and Partnerships, we have donated a very special storybook titled, ‘Brenda has a dragon in her blood’ to schools and children’s organisations throughout the country. (Read Read More …
HIV/AIDS! How much do our children know? In 2005, Biblionef commissioned the publication and translation of a very special storybook titled; Brenda has a dragon in her blood”. This is the true story of Brenda, as retold by her foster mother. Read More …
The Problem Four ECD Training Centres identified practitioners that have undergone level 4 Early Childhood Development (ECD) Training at their institutions. The problem faced by the Practitioners was that they did not have the necessary educational resources needed to implement what Read More …
Biblionef donates high-quality mother tongue books to under-resourced schools and children’s organisations throughout South Africa. We are unable to carry out our important mission without amazing supporters like yourselves. Today, we are asking you to once again support our work at not a single Read More …
During September this year, Biblionef hosted a function in celebration of our work over the last 19 years. Our Executive Director, Jean Williams, used this opportunity to highlight some of our major achievements to date. Biblionef has been working in Read More …
World Book Day is one of the biggest days of the year that is dedicated to celebrating books and reading. This UNESCO event takes place on the 23rd April each year in honour of books and authors and encourages everyone, especially Read More …
Article written by: Jenny Hobbs If we can read, there are no boundaries to where we can travel in our minds. Being able to read well is the basic skill our children need to get a good education and employment, Read More …