Love in Language: the Importance of Mother Tongue
Nowadays, having found my feet in motherhood, standing for my roots, and having done my reading on this topic, I will always speak to my kids in my mother tongue.
Literacy
Inspiring Teen Moms
Sunday the 2nd of April was a beautiful day as we welcomed the 10 Moms from Inyantyambo Yesizwe, a teen mothers support group, to the Thula Baba garden. These moms came from both Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain, 5 were pregnant and close to their due dates, 3 had newborns and 2 had toddlers. Wendy Purdon welcomed …
International Literacy Day
This week we are celebrating global literacy! UNESCO declared the 8th of September to be ‘International Literacy Day’ in 1966 and it has been celebrated every year since. The International Literacy Day (ILD) theme for 2021 is ‘Literacy for a human-centred recovery: Narrowing the digital divide’. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative effect on …