Promoting a Love Of Books
Masifunde Njengomndeni

Partnerships

FLP has strong links with other organisations and networks in the ECD and adult learning spheres, including:

Member of the Early Childhood Development Learning Community of partners of the Bernard van Leer Foundation
Member of the Ingwe NGO forum, of civil society organisations working in the Ixopo and Creighton area of Sisonke District Municipality.
Member of the South Africa Reflect Network (SARN).
Member of Reading Association of South Africa (RASA).

The positive results achieved by the FLP led to many discussions about extending the work into new areas. Five organisations working in the area were offered the opportunity to start family literacy groups. The FLP trained and supported the facilitators of these groups and supplied them with materials over a two year period.

The five partner organisations were:

  • Woza’ Moya, Buddhist Retreat Centre, Ixopo
  • Centocow Leadership and Training Project, (CLTP)
  • Women’s Leadership and Training Project, Ndawana (WLTP)
  • Boston Family Literacy Project
  • Faithway Christian School, Himeville
  • MiET/DoE

Two of the facilitators continue to work in projects that maintain close links with us. These are Nompumelelo Nyati of Farm Family Literacy and Busisiwe Memela of Edzimkulu, Ndawana.

SAVE ACT

In 2009 FLP and SAVE ACT (link please http://www.saveact.org.za/info-centre/news/12-news-4) formed a partnership to include savings clubs in our approach. Family literacy groups that had been meeting for nine years are being trained for 18 months to manage their own savings clubs. Over time all FLP groups will be given the option of setting up their own savings clubs. Savings are adding a new dimension to FLP’s work which already provides adult literacy, early literacy and learning, libraries and the provision of books, and a home visiting programme to promote health.

HOPE and HOMES

In June 2010 we are beginning to collaborate with Hope and Homes to reach families in the Umzimkulu district of KwaZulu-Natal. Umzimkulu has recently been incorporated into our province, and there is a great need for services for young children in this impoverished and remote district.