We are proud to have supported systems-level change in South Africa through our Results in Education for All Children (REACH) technical assistance project. In partnership with the World Bank from 2017 to 2019, we increased the supply of high-quality indigenous language storybooks across the regions of Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Kwa-Zulu Natal.
Through this project, we published 120 original storybooks in six languages (English, isiZulu, Tshivenda, Siswati, Xitsonga and Sepedi), distributed more than 46,000 copies to government schools and distributed more than 16,000 copies to the public. Additionally, we trained local publishers on best practices and published our guidelines for creating quality storybooks, so indigenous language storybooks will continue to be created in the future. We will continue to support thousands of children throughout the historically under-resourced educational landscape of South Africa.