CBN was privileged to welcome Nina and Michael Grimm, from Rottweil, to a workshop on 3 January 2019. The title of the workshop was ‘Once upon a time’, and this was a story that had a happy beginning, middle and end. Our guests arrived laden with gifts and a wave of warmth and good cheer […]
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A Grimm Fairy Tale Once upon a time … Well, once, there was a girl who lived in a very small house with her brother, her mother, her auntie and her grandmother. The girl’s name was Mimi and she loved to sing. She sang in the morning and she sang while she walked to school
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Just before our holiday workshop that ended off CBN’s successful year, we were offered the gift of some books that our CBN children could take home with them – and own. Owning books is a critical part of learning to love books and reading, and Book Dash understands this need. They do several things: They
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There will be more about that, the first workshop of this year, the last workshop of last year … and the generosity of all our friends. Our apologies for the short break in communications. Our Director (who doubles as website manager) moved house and the resulting dislocations have only just been sorted out – today
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Every December we enjoy the inspiring sight of thousands of bikers pouring into designated centres with huge teddy-bears and other toys strapped onto their bikes, themselves … their girlfriends. Stanford is one of those centres and Stanford Rotary handles the distribution of these heartfelt gifts. This year some of the soft toys – the bigger
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We ended off the year on a complete high note with participation from talented Zimbabwean musician Terry Tekura and his colleague Edward Schmidt – on 10th December. Our children absolutely love music, they love listening to it, participating in it – and dancing to it. They did all three in the company of Terry and
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We have had a magnificent ride through this past year. CBN has gone from strength to strength on all fronts. With funding from Lotto and also from the Sue and Paddy Kell Family Trust, we were able to consolidate CBN on all fronts and give a total of 29 workshops to children and librarians in
Celebrating 2018 – looking forward to 2019! Read More »
Hildegard has been with us for a year now – and we wonder how she finds the time between her work as Viticulturalist at Springfontein Wine Farm and her studies for her PhD. She has found a strong voice in our meetings, with plenty of ideas and exciting new concepts. During a winter business tour
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Without the people who dig deep in their pockets to help our work, nothing would be possible. The following donations were enormously helpful in the 2018 calendar year. Many, many thanks to: National Lotteries Commission (December 2017) The Paddy and Sue Kell Family Trust (November 2017) Henrietta Chiappini R6000 (November 2017) Anthony Gregorowski – regular
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We found Nyasha by accident – and now we don’t know how we managed without her. She sprang into the workshops as a volunteer and gradually revealed just how talented she is. Singing, dancing, conducting the CBN choir, tie-dying T-shirts, helping with any and all activities between books and story sessions. There seemed to be
Nyasha Makwarimba – leader of the Teen Team 2018 – 2019 Read More »
Great choir input from Vuyokasi Size and her husband.
CBN Choir part of new Stanford Project Read More »
The following short address was made at the awarding of the Social Responsibility Awards at Hermanus High School in October 2018 by Lesley Beake. One of the first human activities was – had to be – sharing. That also included giving. If you want to live in a hostile environment, you have to cooperate, you
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Making children happy is one of the most important objectives of CBN. Yes, we are about books and reading. But the children who come to our workshops are exposed to other things as well. We aim to make them happy. Our workshops follow a theme – lately it has been Imagination – or as the
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CBN needs – and would like to offer – local support in providing exciting and stimulating after-school activities for local children. We are also looking to share some of the problems and be part of the discussion around what is being done for the children locally. The the dream of the Children’s House will develop
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Hi! We’ve just published new books at Book Dash. As always, they’re ready for you to download, translate, print, and pass on freely. Download low-res PDF (English) Download source and print-ready files The post Hugs in the City, by JP Brouard, Milly Brouard, and Kalynne Vorster appeared first on Book Dash. http://bookdash.org/hugs-city-jp-brouard-milly-brouard-kalynne-vorster/
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It is hard to give up something you have loved, but Jay Heale, our loyal book editor at CBN, has finally hung up his book review hat and decided to cease publication of Bookchat, his much-loved review of children’s books that has appeared in many guises for so many years. Since 1976, in fact –
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CBN will be holding a holiday workshop for our loyal supporters! There will be storytelling and activities for Little CBN (6-8 years old) and a fun two-day workshop for out regulars (9-12 years-old). There will be an end of the year celebration and (hopefully) a musical surprise. Watch this space! (November is time for –
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Among the many worlds that man did not receive as a gift from nature but created out of his own mind, the world of books is the greatest… Without the word, without the writing of books, there is no history, there is no concept of humanity. And if anyone wants to try to enclose in
Why we will always read Read More »
Those who sing together grow together. We began our choir with the Winter Workshops when the theme was Imagination – but we never imagined how important it would become. On Saturday 20th October, we had another Sing and Story workshop, where we started a project that will bring music and stories together in the children’s
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We are busy recruiting a new Teen Team to work with us next year. For teenagers who have been working with us during 2018, the benefits have been huge. First it is fun. Then it is a feel-good thing to do. There is a very real sense of having contributed to something big – the
CBN Teen Team – what we need for 2019! Read More »
