With schools closed and contact with others limited, what are children to do with themselves? We have been brainstorming ideas about resources that can

Thank you for your support. Our Funding Proposal can be found at the bottom of this article by clicking the PDF links, or on

With all of the hype and misinformation around the Corona virus, it is important to put our children’s minds at ease about the pandemic.

CBN is proud to welcome Inga as a serious part of our team – and a wonderful inspiration to our children. As an Ambassador

Children’s Book Network (CBN) has been operating since 2012, and while we’ve changed and adapted over time, the core of our programme remains the

High School children are keen to help – but very pressurised by work and sport. We have enthusiastic support from children at Hermanus High

We at last had the resources and staff to develop a proper M&E system. Our Administrator, Wilien van Zyl, recorded all children attending our

Still in the same venue at Norfolk Place, CBN is welcoming even more children than ever this year, with additional help from volunteers and

We are delighted to have the help and enthusiasm of Lisa Witherden, who turned up at exactly the right moment to assist with some

Photographs of children doing things tend to be more alluring, and maybe reflect more of the activities around the theme of the workshop than

Our Children’s Book Network choir has been invited to join a group of singers from the Netherlands in joyful song next week, Friday 22nd

Some projects turn out to be a lot bigger – and a lot more work – than expected, and the CBN Toolbox Project definitely

Supporters of CBN will have noticed that our website has not been as regularly updated as they have come to expect. This year has

Today, Tuesday 2nd July, CBN had a workshop titled Place. The workshop was attended by 32children. Lesley started the workshop off with the reading

On Friday 21 June CBN hosted a workshop at Enlighten Trust , attended by 28 children. The theme of the workshop was ‘Windows’. It

Lesley will be away for nearly three weeks – and during that time, Nyasha Makwarimba, who is now interning with us, will take over

When famous hip-hop singer Janine van Rooy (Blaq Pearl) works with our children, they write songs together. It isn’t easy – and the rules

A new development, and a logical one. We have for some time been working on our methods for monitoring and evaluating the progress our

Our choir began as a community building exercise,but has grown from there. In Stanford we work with children from two communities and two schools.

OK. This is why we couldn’t avoid forming a Little CBN! They just come along anyway, and during the holidays often have to follow