Another great year!
READ to RISE did amazing, we gave out over 20,000 new books to children in need and we now have a staff of 4 full-time and 3 part-time staff. We started operations in JHB this year. READ to RISE has also been nominated for the 2016 Civicus Mandela Machel Innovation Awards.
We published our second children's book OAKY THE HAPPY TREE and launched it on 9 September 2015 at the Westridge Library in Mitchells Plain.
We attended the Deputy President's Pre-SONA Youth Engagement at Harare Library in Khayelitsha on 18 February. The photo in the Business Day was with Cyril reading OAKY AND THE SUN to the children :) which was also used for National Book Day.
Athol got accepted into Oxford University for a MPhil in Political Theory - a dream of his to study at Oxford. We spent 3 months in Oxford from October 2015.
Athol won his first poetry prize - the 2015 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award. Athol was interviewed on SABC. Athol published his second book of poetry Bumper Cars which features his award winning poem "Streetclass Diseases"..
I was named by Cape Town Magazine as one of Cape Town's Fearless Females in 2015. READ to RISE was on Expresso SABC which featured me.
So a busy but great year. I look forward to 2016! We hope to publish our next children's book and Athol his biography. READ to RISE will continue to do amazing things. I hope to develop my photography skills and take some great photos.
Happy new year all!
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