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ISimangaliso’s True Hippo

Admin Oct 30th, 2012 2 Comments

Nkosinathi Mthethwa won first prize in an iSimangaliso Schools competition that asked for a foundation phase reader that helped children to understand the importance of certain animals in the ISimangiliso Wetlands. The frog was selected for Junior School and the Hippo for secondary school.

In December 2010 when Nkosinathi was in grade 11, a proof copy of his book was presented to the MEC at the iSimangaliso prize giving ceremony in St Lucia. Now we are ready to look for sponsors to do a 2000 print run to give to 40 primary schools in the St Lucia Vicinity.

Nkosinathi was interviewed on SABC radio this week. Here he is with his lovely book. He is in his first year at University of KZN. Congratulations Nkosinathi on your achievements!

Tags: Book launches, iSimangaliso, ISimangiliso Wetlands, Nkosinathi Mthethwa, right brain writing, St Lucia

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2 Responses to “ISimangaliso’s True Hippo”

Sihle mthethwa

Nov 19. 2012

I`m so excited about this whole thing,petience…great things are still to come….i hope my children will learn with my brothers book

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Nkosinathi Mthethwa

Feb 05. 2013

Haha. Thank you very much bro & I hope so too(-_¤)

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The story highlights changes in a child's life from having the opportunity to learn to write stories and to read. The child starts out as an orphan in a squatter camp, and finishes up as a bright little girl with her own book launch and published story. It aims at getting funding in our NPO to enable the NPO to help with literacy by training children to write stories, publishing them and then giving books to disadvantaged children and so encouraging reading of child written books. This helps with literacy as children will read what children write.. The little orphan is the daughter of Bonga Zondo, who was the cameraman and editor. The teacher is Bonga's wife. The script was written by Felicity Keats who is also a right brain trainer and a niche publisher. the voice is Detlev Diegel, also a colleague.