Meet the Rally to Read success stories
Success stories emphasise Rally to Read’s ability to change young lives and transform society
01 April 2021 - 05:00
Andile Ngobeni’s middle name is Fortunate. It couldn’t better sum up her experience of the past few years. Ngobeni’s local primary school, in an impoverished community in rural Mpumalanga, was typical of many in the remote corners of SA: underresourced and struggling to provide a proper education.
At the age when they are due to progress to high school, the average 14-year-old child in such a school has a reading age of seven. Their education is effectively over...
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