Empower South African Women Fighting Child Poverty

One of CHOSA’s newest partner organizations, Sikhululekile Reading Development and Learning (SRDL) Program, gives students in Grades 3 to 5 access to books, notebooks, and pencils to get their creative juices flowing. Much needed after their long hiatus from school in 2020, the opportunity to journal has given the children a chance to reflect on their time at home, dream in a world outside of lockdown, and write stories that are publish worthy. So much so, that one of their stories was turned into an actual book, illustrations and all!

Linamandla had always dreamed of becoming an author once she discovered the joy of writing through her participation in the SRDL program. Writing about what she saw and experienced in her community, at school, and at home, her journal quickly became filled up with stories and drawings of her very own fiction and non-fiction writing. As the tutors in the program reviewed the students’ work, Lindamandla’s kept standing out and eventually, through a publishing collaboration, she was able to select a story, perfect it, and have it published into hard-copy.

CHOSA’s work seeks to keep supporting Lindamandla and many other children just like her by supporting SRDL and other community driven efforts that are creating change in the daily lives of kids. We believe that through investing in their growth and development opportunities inside and beyond the classroom kids are able to thrive with the support of these community based organizations. These everyday heroes who run these projects give hope for the children of South Africa, inspiring them to become whoever they want to be and reach their dreams (even before graduating elementary school like Linamandla!). Thank you for your continuing support in making CHOSA’s community development efforts through supporting child focus development projects possible.