What Children?
Making children happy is one of the most important objectives of CBN. Yes, we are about books and reading. But the children who come
General Reports
CBN needs – and would like to offer – local support in providing exciting and stimulating after-school activities for local children. We are also
CBN Books
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
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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
General Reports
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
CBN Books
Among the many worlds that man did not receive as a gift from nature but created out of his own mind, the world of
General Reports
Those who sing together grow together. We began our choir with the Winter Workshops when the theme was Imagination – but we never imagined
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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,
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Music has always been part of CBN. We read together, listen together, play together … and sing together. Now CBN has a choir that
What Children?
‘Children smile 400 times a day on average, adults 15 times. Children laugh 150 times a day, adults 6 times per day. Children play
Project Reports
The first sounds in the very first CBN workshop were musical as well as magic – Senegalese drums played for us by our friends
CBN Books
Quote by Anne Herbert. “Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.”
Workshop Reports
On Monday 24th September (which is a public holiday for Heritage Day in South Africa), CNB held a very successful workshop at Butterfly Centre
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The Theme: Our Heritage. The San people of Africa. There will be four workshops in this series, which form a unit in our Toolbox.
General Reports
The Theme: Our Heritage. The San people of Africa. There will be four workshops in this series, which form a unit in our Toolbox.
General Reports
We have been getting to know each other during the Winter Workshops in Stanford and the feeling was mutual. We like working together. The
Workshop Reports
Workshops with a heritage theme Saturday Stories: On Saturday 8th September Saturday Stories: On Saturday 15th September Heritage Day Celebration on Monday 24 September
Friends. Where would we be without them?
Change happens. Usually it is uncomfortable, but it happens anyway. So it is with regret that we say goodbye to three loyal board members
General News
For over two years now, Chantel Oosthuysen has guarded the financial battlements of CBN, fought off the invasions of internet banking complications, written down
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We already have a splendid, eager, hard-working team of teenagers – ably led by Nyasha Makwarimba, who has worked with CBN for well over
