Celebrate International Literacy Day 2026 with Puku
Today, 8 September, the world celebrates International Literacy Day. It is a day to celebrate the power of reading and writing, and to remind us why literacy matters to every child.
Go tšwa Setaleng sa Puku: Maitemogelo a ka Khonferentsheng ya bo masomepedi-tee ya Ngwaga le Ngwaga ya LITASA
Ge ke sepela ka gare ga Khonferentshe ya bo masomepedi-tee ya Ngwaga le Ngwaga ya LITASA, se sengwe sa dilo tša mathomo tšeo di ilego tša goga šedi ya ka e bile lefelo la dipontšho. Ke fihlile pele ga iri ya senyane gomme ka amogelwa ke disetaleng go tšwa mekgatlong go akaretša; Cambridge, Macmillan, Reading Matters, British Council, Nal’ibali, Family Literacy Project le tše dingwe tše dintšhi. Go bona mekgatlo e mentšhi e kgobokane felo go tee, ka baka la boikgafo bjo bo abelanwago bja go tseba go bala le go ngwala e be e le mo go kgahlišhago.
Puku initiative brings Teachers into the Digital Age

An exciting new initiative by Puku and the ValueEd learning platform will train teachers on digital skills which are essential to navigating the plethora of internet-enabled technologies that will be native to future learners. The partnership between Puku and ValueEd is set to upskill a cohort of teachers by providing them access to the latest trends and insights in subjects that are beneficial to trainee teachers entering the 21st Century classroom. Courses on social media, emotional intelligence, bullying prevention and many others will be hosted by experienced speakers in real time allowing for authentic engagement with the subject-matters.
Puku as an advocate for literature and literacy in Mother-tongue languages sees this as a natural extension of the mandate to get more children reading.
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Puku’s winning UNESCO project – Read all about it! ‘Using digital technologies to promote children’s literature in South Africa’s indigenous languages’

’It is my wish that the voice of the storyteller will never die in Africa, that all children in the world may experience the wonder of books, and that they will never lose the capacity to enlarge their earthly dwelling place with the magic of stories’. – Nelson Mandela
South Africa’s Puku Children’s Literature Foundation Wins Prestigious 2021 UNESCO International Award

A YouTube Course in isiXhosa on Reviewing Children’s Literature as a Template for Other Indigenous Languages

Highlights from the isiNdibele webinar / Tuthuko emntwaneni ngelimi lakhe lesiNdebele

Highlights from the Tshivenda webinar ‘Tshivenda manwalo a vhana’

Highlights of the Sepedi webinar: TlhatloŠo ya Sepedi ngwaneng | A discussion on preserving indigenous languages

Highlights from the isiZulu webinar Iqhaza lezincwadi zezingane ekugcineni ulimi lwesizulu | A discussion on preserving isiZulu

Highlights from the Sesotho webinar ‘Monate wa ho Bala ka Puo ya Letswele: Na Dingolwa tsa Bana di Lekane?’

Highlights from the Siswati webinar ‘Temibhalo yebantfwana kutfuftukisa Siswati’

Highlights from the Xitsonga webinar ‘Garingani wa Garingani’

Highlights from the Setswana webinar ‘Ra reng ka Setswana mo ngwaneng’

A personal reflection about the launch of the first ever N/uu children’s book ‘!Qhoi n|a Tjhoi / Skilpad en Volstruis / Tortoise and Ostrich’
