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
5220
Reading clubs
are still active
159,191
Children in
reading clubs
30,444
People trained
at training events
23,355
FUNda LEADERS
have signed up
Materials Produced
163
supplement
editions in
8 languages
1,419,035
magazine
stories distributed
in 6 publications
Materials Distributed since campaign inception
592,492
books
40,014,088
supplements
29,010,952
in newspapers
11,003,136
directly to reading clubs/partners
Flagship
events &
competitions
World read aloud day:
1,6661,256
children
read to in 2019
Library Campaign:
23,513 stories
collected &
8445 people
engaged in 2019