Maurita, Bea and I spent the weekend at UCT, at the well-attended conference entitled 'CAPS and Mishaps: Finding your way in the literacy labyrinth.'
We were privy to some fantastic talks, panels and papers, as well as a rousing opening address by the inspiring Deputy Vice chancellor of UCT, Crain Soudien, and a stimulating closing by Graeme Bloch, who delivered his paper entitled 'Yes, we can! Fixing our schools.'
Thank you to RASA for hosting the weekend, and for giving Shine the opportunity to present our project. The focus of our talk was on the importance of volunteers. It was well-received and seemed to stimulate a lot of interest in our project.
We were happy to present early on Saturday so we could then enjoy the rest of the conference without worry!
We had a great lunch on Saturday with Cathy Gush from Rhodes University, who is helping to head up a literacy project in Grahamstown. In between sessions on Sunday, we had a laughter-filled lunch with some of our favourite fellow NGOs.
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| selecting talks |
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| Enjoying a tea break with part of the Equal Education team |
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| True collaboration, including( in no particular order) Adele and colleagues from the Ikhaya Trust, Themba from Equal Education, Maurita and Bea and Kathryn from the Shine Centre, Merle from St Agnes school, Shelley O Caroll from Wordworks, and Cathy Gush, a partner from Grahamstown |
