All participants add their ideas, inspired by virtual events held around the world by local organizers in each city. The city with the most ideas will receive the award for the most creative city.
Who are the users?
-Kids between the age of 0-4 years and 5-10 years old.
-Principals and teachers of pre-schools
-Parents and Guardians
What is the idea?
Our aim is assisting kids to improve their
-Vocabulary
-Language development
-Literacy skills and broadens up their imagination.
Our daily program consists of
-Book club,
-Library day,
-Have-a-go-writing session.
Our Designated Program based on @Shine Literacy
1
Reading Club
Improve reading skills by assisting kids to read along in shared readings and paired reading sessions.
The kids get to enhance their reading skills and build confidence.
They will expand their vocabulary in an environment that is fun and engaging.
2
Library Day
Get access to books, educational cartoons and stationary. The kids get a personal library card which they can use to borrow books.
They are taught to be responsible for the books they lend by taking a Library pledge.
Reading at home, school or anywhere improves the kids' vocabulary and helps with their language development.
3
'Have a Go' Writing Workshop
Be creative! Kids can expand on their writing skills in free- and creative writing workshops. This is to nurture their creativity and build their confidence.
The goal is for the children to learn how to express their thoughts in writing.
Workshops are available in English and isiXhosa.
-We have signed up more than 50 kids (25 kids foundation phase and 25 kids Kindergarten) as our beneficiaries, and they all have our Library Cards, that enables them to borrow books, and have access to our resources.
-Our vision is abroad and part of it is to take the project to other communities, in South Africa and around the globe.
2. We are a group of four young guys,
- Litha sam-sam is our project manager.
- Okuhle Fentele is our director.
- Sassi Messow is responsible for our marketing, designing and a social worker.
- Ronaldo Mntanase is our coordinator.
3. Six volunteers
4. Loxion Mobile Library was established in 2020, during the rise of Covid-19 in South Africa. This was a response to the pandemic and from there it grew to what we see now.
5. We have 25 kids who are attending our afternoon sessions and 25 kids who are attending our morning sessions every day.
We have:
-50 kids in total
-10 Volunteers & staff
Our times:
-09:00am till 17:00pm
-Monday till Friday
Important Benefits
We need books
We need bicycles
We need a Computer & printing machine
We need stationery
Meet our Team
Meet Lisolethu, Born 2003, 30 July
Metric status: Bachelor's degree
Unemployed
Meet our Team
Meet Lisolethu, Born 2003, 30 July
Metric status: Bachelor's degree
Unemployed
Chenique Jacobs, Born 2001.
Metric status: Diploma degree
Unemployed
Sikelela,Born 1999, 30 January
Metric Status: not obtained
College student at False Bay College
obtaining N4 - N6 courses.
Unemployed
Shaylnn Jobe,Born 2000.
Metric status:not obtained
Unemployed
Lwazi Sotashe, Born 2005.
Grade 10, due to school Dropout.
Unemployed.
Young man (new to manhood)
Mobile phase - 03/01/2022
Library space phase - 14/02/2022
Book store phase - 03/03/2022
Volunteer call out phase - 27/03/2022
Why We Unique?
South Africa
Western Cape
Cape town
Vrygrond
7985
Yes
-We have opened a pop up book store, where we sell all books that are not age appropriate
At Sunrise flea-market, Muizenberg.
08:00 - 18:00pm(Sundays)
-25 kid's are paying R40 monthly fee. all this money covers, transport and electricity, as stationery.
in the future.
- We plan to provide trainings to Parents, motivating them to love reading so they can read to their kids at home.
-We will R50 per session.
-Session in both Paired reading and shared reading.
-We want to open a space for an after-school care facility, for kids in school.
- We will charge R150 every month.
