Get South Africa Reading: Experience

Helping children read for joy in rural settings By Axium Education

Helping children read for joy in rural settings

By Axium Education

Axium Education, based in rural Eastern Cape, is bridging the gap between home and school literacy through a reading programme featuring community readers or “Nobalisas”. Nobalisa’s are young adults from the surrounding area who are being upskilled through the programme, and are becoming advocates for literacy in their community. In this article, Axium provides the details of their programme, implementation experiences and lessons learned.
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