Nal’ibali (isiXhosa for “here’s the story”) is a national reading-for-enjoyment campaign to spark children’s potential through storytelling and reading.
Impact and Reach
Impact & Reach Infographic
11,132
reading clubs
established in
9 provinces
since inception
1346
Reading clubs
are still active
44,100
Children in
reading clubs
32,034
People trained
at training events
28,636
FUNda LEADERS
have signed up
Materials Produced
172
supplement
editions in
8 languages
1,419,035
magazine
stories distributed
in 6 publications
Materials Distributed since campaign inception
627,574
books
43,246,285
supplements
31,840,126
in newspapers
11,707,884
directly to reading clubs/partners
Flagship
events &
competitions
World read aloud day:
3004896
children
read to in 2021
Library Campaign:
23,513 stories
collected &
8445 people
engaged in 2019