Lynette du Preez

Lynette du Preez has recently signed off from the Ready Steady Read Write Programme after eight years. She became involved with the programme after she retired as a high school teacher. While most people would be easing into their well-deserved break, Lynette decided...

Eunice Tokota

Eunice Tokota is an ECD practitioner, but she is also an ECD champion, dedicated to helping families in rural Eastern Cape. She walks long distances to visit homes, sharing early literacy messages from our Every Word Counts (EWC) Programme. Before Eunice was...

Cherise Sickle

I am a Foundation Phase teacher. I was teaching at George Dickerson primary school in 2010 in Grahamstown, when I met Cathy Gush. She introduced me to Wordworks (Ready, Steady Read Write and Home-School Partnerships programmes). I was hooked! The Wordworks’ programmes...

Sukayna Salie

My introduction to the Ready Steady programme was in 2009. I was honoured to be asked by the teachers at Cornflower Primary to assist with the parent programme. I then volunteered for the Ready Steady co-ordinator training where I felt my head was going to burst with...