{"id":138717,"date":"2019-06-05T21:53:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T19:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/nalibali-claims-international-prize-for-reading-for-joy\/"},"modified":"2019-06-05T21:53:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T19:53:18","slug":"nalibali-claims-international-prize-for-reading-for-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/nalibali-claims-international-prize-for-reading-for-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Nal\u2019ibali claims international prize for reading for joy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nal\u2019ibali, the national reading-for-enjoyment campaign aimed at sparking children\u2019s potential through reading and storytelling, has been awarded The Joy of Reading Prize by the Systematic Joy of Reading at Dook 1 in Aarhus, Denmark. The award was presented by the president of the International Library Association, IFLA, Gl\u00f2ria P\u00e9rez-Salmer\u00f3n from Spain on Saturday, 1 June.<\/p>\n

Twenty-eight projects from around the world were nominated, focussing on initiatives that disseminate the joy and ability to read, and thus engage in the fight against illiteracy. Jade Jacobsohn, Nal\u2019ibali\u2019s Managing Director, received the award on behalf of her dedicated team in South Africa. \u201cI would like to dedicate this award to the 17000 literacy activists in South Africa \u2013 we call them FUNda Leaders \u2013 everyday ordinary people who have signed up with Nal\u2019ibali to create opportunities for children in their lives to fall in love with books.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d also like to dedicate this award to my fierce and fabulous team of fellow Nal\u2019ibalians who are immersed on a daily basis in the hardships of social inequality and poverty, as they fight to give children the best chance they can get of rising out of it. The ability to read with understanding, lauded Jacobsohn.<\/p>\n

She concluded with the formidable words of Nelson Mandela, \u2018Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. The foundation of education is literacy.\u2019<\/p>\n

The international jury applauded Nal\u2019ibali for its long-term impact and influence on local communities in South Africa and for parents in particular, who have become role models for their children\u2019s reading habits. They complimented Nal\u2019ibali\u2019s framework that creates a nurturing environment, as well as generating the assortment of multilingual reading materials, so that children from all age groups, can learn to love reading in the many mother tongues spoken in South Africa.<\/p>\n

This international recognition award comes with a prize of USD 10 000 which will go towards stocking up Nal\u2019ibali\u2019s newly launched mobile libraries for Story Power in Motion, ensuring both children and adults have access to great stories in their home languages.<\/p>\n

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