Stanford Workshop Monday 9 April Workshop Reports To celebrate the end of the school holidays, we will be holding a workshop at Buterfly Centre at 10.30 on Monday 9th. The theme Read more
It comes from within General Reports On 17 February, CBN held the second of a new scheme of training workshops. This is the extension of our Stanford workshops that includes Read more
Training Workshop for Vuyokazi Siza Workshop Reports It has always been a dream to find, and train, people from within the communities we work with. Vuyo Siza is just such a Read more
It Begins – CBN’s outreach to Mitchell’s Plain General Reports The first in a series of workshops to be given by Blaq Pearl (Janine van Rooi) and colleagues in Mitchell’s Plain. These workshops will Read more
Friday Stories a Mandela theme General Reports The 16th February saw the first of what we hope will be a regular story session in Stanford with Vuyokazi Siza as workshop leader. Read more
Friday-afternoon workshop February 16: Stanford Workshop Reports There will be a short workshop on Friday afternoon, 2.30 for snacks, 3.00 workshop begins at Butterfly Centre where Lesley will focus on the Read more
Son of Toolboxes Toolbox Reports It’s here! The new and improved toolbox will hit the streets later this month. When we began this project three years ago, we had Read more
Shine on! A quote from our patron – Gcina Mhlophe Our Board members ‘I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do Read more
Children’s Book Network (CBN) in a nutshell: FAQ Our Board members A summary of what we do and how we do it. Where did we come from? • CBN started in 2012 working with Red Read more
Holiday workshop with a festive theme Workshop Reports On a Saturday morning a bit of story-telling always comes in handy and some of our stalwart Stanford CBN children met to celebrate the Read more
Holiday Story Morning in Stanford General Reports On Saturday 16th December CBN will be having a special story morning – with books that reflect the spirit of generosity and caring – Read more
No! No! This can’t be true … but it is. What Children? ‘The literacy crisis in South Africa is far worse than previously thought, with 78% of Grade 4 learners unable to read, according to the Read more
Introducing CBN Friends: Chantel Oosthuysen Friends. Where would we be without them? Any organization needs a firm hand on the paperwork and CBN has been doubly fortunate to have Chantel looking after ours. She has devotedly Read more
What children? What Children? If you step out of Cape Town airport with your eyes open it won’t be long before you start to notice our children. We Read more
CBN Workshop at Red Cross Children’s Hospital School What Children? Of all the children we have worked with, the ones we met on Wednesday touched us most deeply. We forget, sometimes as adults who Read more
A LIBRARY by Nikki Giovanni CBN Books A library is … maybe the best place in the world to be locked in by mistake! Here are some other ideas by poet Read more
ME, US and HERE General Reports On Saturday 28th October CBN continued with the theme of personal identity and home. Books discussed included stories of place and landscape as well Read more
Our World Series! General Reports Number four in the series of workshops with Stanford children about their personal heritage. We began with landscape of their environment, and maps. That Read more
Toolbox handover: Red Cross Hospital Children’s School Toolbox Reports On Friday 13th October, CBN delivered the third of our prototype reading toolboxes to Red Cross at a 2-hour workshop attended by members of Read more
Toolbox workshop 13th October 2017 Toolbox Reports Two prototype toolboxes have already been handed over – to Red Hill informal settlement above Simon’s Town and to Sevile School in Khayelitsha. A Read more