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During the first two weeks of October CBN hosted five Swedish visitors, four librarians and a drama teacher, working with them and learning from them in different venues where children’s books are critically important. We began at Red Hill informal settlement with a two-day workshop for 25 children between 10 and 12 years old and […]

CBN proudly hosted its very first workshop in October, 2012. Red Hill is an informal settlement that lies in the mountains behind Simon’s Town. Around 2000 young residents live in the area that is segregated into three parts. Unemployment is high and many families are not financially stable. Twenty children between the age of 15

I am a girl who lives in Red-Hill and I am still a young teenager. I live with my mother, brother and sister. I live in a community that has few people but is a very peaceful and safe place. I live in a shack and it’s a three-room home. It leaks when the weather

I’m Nosiphiwo Xatshi I am fifteen years old, living in Red Hill and I am doing Grade Ten this year in Masiphumelele High School. At home I am living with my aunt, two cousins and my older sister. I am a person who doesn’t like the wrong things. I am a girl who is having

My name is Alicia Marinus I’m sixteen years old. I live in South Africa in the place called Simon’s Town. There are so many things you can do and so many things to see in South Africa. In many places you don’t have what we have here. This is a wonderful place I’m so glad

The place where I live is not what I dream about. I wanted to live somewhere I would feel happy – like America or Europe, but not Africa. Where they placed me, I have to travel to get somewhere I want to be. I mean, in other places kids just walk to school and if

When I wake up in the morning, I hear the sound of chirping birds. I feel the cold wind from outside through the holes in my house. I get up and make my bed. I look through the window – the sky is grey. I feel a bit worried about the weather as I get

I wake up in the morning feeling as if it’s going to be a good day, with a cool breeze from outside. I go and brush my teeth. There are dark grey clouds, black trees and dripping rain. I realize that it is a rainy day instead! My dog, and the chickens outside are all

When I wake up in the morning, I see someone next to me – my little sister. I see the roof and I see my family. Outside I see the sea and the houses of my community of Red Hill. It is raining and it is very cold. I see the cars on the road

Every morning I wake up the first thing that I hear is the wind blowing. Buses going up and down the ocean breezing birds sing. The first things that I smell is the pap that is cooking the sea that is breezing. I open my eyes I see the roof over our house and my

Red Hill is a place where different people live; it is a good place. What I like about it is there is no crime and you can walk about any time you like. For us as teenagers, it is a good place to live. There is fresh air and beautiful green trees. The negative thing

Every morning when I wake up I hear chickens screaming. That is the signal that I must get up and prepare myself for school. Birds are singing and the wind is blowing very cold, fresh air. When I wake up, I smell coffee from next door and the smell of Pap (mealie porridge) cooking in

Red Hill is a place where we live with different people who come from different homes. It is a place where we have positive as well as negative things. In Red Hill we do not have necessary school. Sometimes the electricity or water goes off without notice. If you are a school child you don’t

Waking up in Red Hill is a good feeling because you can smell the fire and hear the chickens and the wind blowing. I wake up thinking what the weather is going to be like. I wake up at six o’ clock and in winter it is still dark outside. It feels like it might