Development Talk

Development Works is feeling it…the 2010 FIFA World Cup is HERE!

 

June 10, 2010

Susannah, Christian and Ashley put up flags in the Development Works office.

Susannah, Christian and Ashley put up flags in the Development Works office.

With just one day to go to the official opening of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup in South Africa, Development Works is definitely feeling the spirit building in this beautiful country of ours.

We have put up flags in our offices, we are wearing our soccer t-shirts on Fridays and yesterday we were very excited to hear people blowing their vuvuzelas and honking their car horns at midday.

To get you in the spirit, Development Works has decided to publish World Cup videos on our blog, twitter and facebook pages during the course of the event.

We will also share stories on how the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup is being used to support development in South Africa. There are many inspiring initiatives that are taking off.

This event is fueling a sense of nationhood in South Africa that is reminiscent of the first democratic election in 1994 and the Rugby World Cup of 1995 that was won by South Africa.

So keep your eyes on this blog in the coming month!

Our next newsletter will also focus on the FIFA World Cup and will feature more in-depth articles on this event in South Africa. If you would like to receive the newsletter, please send us your email address. Take a look at our previous newsletters by clicking here.

Now for the first video to get you in the 2010 World Cup mood:

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Do your bit to put a library in every school

 

January 26, 2010

Equal Education volunteers promote the "One school, one library, one librarian" campaign

Volunteers promote the "One school, one library, one librarian" campaign. From EE's Facebook page

More than 90% of public schools and more than 4.5 million learners in South Africa do not have a functioning school library.

Equal Education (EE), a community and membership-based organisation engaged in activism for improving South African schools, aims to change this by marching to Parliament on 21 March 2010.

They will hand over a petition to the government which asks for a library to be established at every school, a trained full-time librarian to be employed, and at least three books to be made available for every learner.

Equal Education already has the support of Dr Mamphela Ramphele, Sindiwe Magona and Zackie Achmat, but they also need our help.

They list various ways in which ordinary citizens can help their cause:

  • Donate money
  • Spread the word through Facebook, Twitter and Mxit
  • Join the task team meeting and volunteer your time
  • Sign the petition by clicking here
  • Support the EE book collection drive

This blog post, and our related Facebook & Twitter posts, is Creative Consulting & Development Works‘ way of helping.

Just like Equal Education, we believe “reading is the foundation of all eduction” and that this is “a matter of freedom justice and equality”, especially after we researched and compiled a consolidated report on the Western Cape Education Department Family Literacy Project Pilot.

For more information on Equal Education, read our previous blog post on the organisation here, or visit their website.

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