30 June 2008

Help2Read- improving children’s’ reading skills by the using exciting and interesting programmes

Today in-studio we were joined by Edith Sithole from Help2Read. The organisation makes reading fun and in turn they help children love books. They have trained volunteers that assist the children twice a week for one year – this means that these children get priceless, long term, one-on-one care and support. Help2Read gives each volunteer a box full of every type of book, from African Tales to Fairy tales, sticker books to pop-up books, fiction to non fiction, science books to poetry, puzzles, jokes and games. Children choose to spend the half hour in whichever way they like. Children quickly find a book they love and learn to love reading

For more information or if you want to become a volunteer, contact 021 671 0824

Geneva Crisis Centre

We had an Interview with Geneva Claasen- founder of the Geneva Crisis Centre which is situated in Eerste River. Their mission is to help people better their lives. The Crisis Centre accepts all people of all races and genders. The Centre has links internationally, as there are many women and children from African countries. Geneva Crisis Centre is said to be a place of living, shelter, hope and a place for all

For more info call 021 904 9912 or email genevar@telkomsa.net

Service rendered by the Office of the Ombudsman

We ended off today’s show with Malcom Fritz (Investigator) and Natasha Paulse (Project Officer) from the Office of the Ombudsman. They spoke to us about the services rendered by the office of the Ombudsman, which was created by the City of Cape Town as an independent office to receive and resolve and/or investigate complaints related to the City Council’s delivery services. Malcolm spoke about how they operate on a voluntary and informal basis to resolve complaints politely. Natasha briefly spoke about their advocacy and awareness initiatives and she’ll give some insight into the community engagement projects they involved in.

For more info call 021 400 5487 or fax 021 400 5952