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
1352
Reading clubs
are still active
45,959
Children in
reading clubs
35,982
People trained
at training events
26,458
FUNda LEADERS
have signed up
Materials Produced
169
supplement
editions in
8 languages
1,419,035
magazine
stories distributed
in 6 publications
Materials Distributed since campaign inception
603,571
books
41,672,582
supplements
30,266,423
in newspapers
11,406,159
directly to reading clubs/partners
Flagship
events &
competitions
World read aloud day:
2014802
children
read to in 2020
Library Campaign:
23,513 stories
collected &
8445 people
engaged in 2019