Would you like to volunteer your time to a literacy project that will help local children improve their reading skills?
If you have two hours to spare on a Monday or Tuesday morning between 8am and 10am, and would like to help Grade 2 pupils learn to read English, then this may be just what you are looking for.
Riversands School is situated between Dainfern and Diepsloot on the R511, and the new road through the Riversands Incubation Hub. The pupils are from Diepsloot, and many of them speak Tswana or Sepedi as their first language.
Through The Link Literacy Project, The Link @ Riversands runs the programme. You do not have a be a teacher to volunteer. There is a training course that offers you the basic information that is needed to help children read.
The children benefit from a one-to-one or a two-to-one session with the volunteer, for 35 minutes at a time. Most of the children attend two sessions a week. During this session, you will read with the child, do a writing activity or a literacy game and then end with reading a story to the child.
English immersion, as well as the special time spent having individual attention, will benefit the pupils greatly.
If you think you may be able to help in this loving and happy environment and impact young lives, please contact Angela Wilson on 072 277 4443 or email angelarobynwilson@gmail.com
Details: For more info on The Link Literacy Project, visit www.thelinkliteracyproject.co.za
