Nal’ibali: Inspiring a Love of Reading in Children

Nal’ibali is a national reading-for-enjoyment campaign that aims to spark children’s potential through storytelling and literacy. The programme encourages families, educators and communities to develop a culture of reading by making books and stories more accessible to children across South Africa.

One of the powerful tools offered by Nal’ibali is MAKE, an online platform designed to help anyone create and share stories. Through MAKE, users can create new picture storybooks, translate existing stories into different languages, adapt stories for different reading levels and build their own personalised collection of storybooks. This makes it easier for educators, parents and literacy champions to provide engaging and culturally relevant reading material for children.

By giving people the tools to create and share stories, Nal’ibali helps communities nurture young readers and strengthen literacy development from an early age.

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