Support Us

Help us make reading, discovery and access to books the expectation for all children.

Puku is a registered Public Benefit Organisation. Donations help us train reviewers, build catalogues, and get good books into the hands of children who would not otherwise have them.

You can support Puku in two ways.

1. Buy books for a school or community

Your donation to Puku Children’s Literature Foundation helps support the rich resource that we offer to the literacy and literary sector and our families that depend on its vibrancy and accessibility.

Your donation funds innovative services and dedicated staff, who believe, like you, that education and access to reading materials, especially in indigenous languages, should be an expectation, not an exception.

2. Donate directly

Donate to Puku to support our work across reviews, catalogues and training. South African donors can receive a Section 18A certificate for tax purposes.

Donations can be made to the bank account below:

Puku Children’s Literature Foundation
Nedbank Current Account Number 1007111917
Branch Code 169745
SWIFT code NEDSZAJJ
Ref: Donations

Sponsor Puku

Only 2% of children’s books published commercially in South Africa are in an indigenous African language (Publishers Association SA 2016).

Your contributions help us increase the quantity and improve the quality of books for South Africa’s children.

Puku has previously been supported by:

Humulani Empowerment Trust  •  Barloworld Empowerment Fund  •  Naspers  •  Thebe Foundation • South Africa Development Fund • South Africa Partners • National Arts Council • Montsi Investments • Lephatsi Investments • Old Mutual Foundation • Individuals who care about children’s literature.

Humulani
Barloworld
Naspers
Thebe
SADF
SA Partners
NAC
Montsi
Lephatsi
Old Mutual

81%

of Grade 4 learners can’t read for meaning — in any language
(PIRLS 2023)

2%

of children’s books published in SA are in an indigenous African language
(PASA 2016)

15%

of public schools have a functional library
(Equal Education 2016)

Tax Status

Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) number: 088-063

Non-Profit Company (NPC) number: 2010/021586/08 (Section 21 Company)

Puku Childrenʼs Literature Foundation is a public benefit organization (PBO) in terms of Section 30 of the Income Tax Act, and receipts and accruals are exempt from income tax in terms of Section 10 (cN) of the Act. Donations by or to the public benefit organisation are exempt from donations tax in terms of section 56(1) (h) of the Income Tax Act.