This is a story of how a small group of people have been working to change the statistics of low literacy levels in disadvantaged communities in South Africa.  On this website you will find information about projects where we are working with parents, volunteers, library staff, teachers and teaching assistants to support early literacy and language learning in disadvantaged communities. 

On this site you will find links to materials and resources which are freely available to download and use.  We have also included information about places that are using our programmes so that we can start a process of networking and sharing of resources and ideas.  We believe that we can make a real difference to literacy levels by working together to engage parents and the wider community.   

In addition to projects that support early literacy and language learning, we also run a ‘Hero Book’ programme to document the courage and resilience of children we work with.  In this project, the emphasis is on the children as heroes in their own lives: how they cope with difficulties, what brings them joy and uplifts them and what they do to get the support they need to make the best of their lives.