We worked with community based libraries to mobilise children and parents and we had enriching literacy activities such as reading a loud, story telling and spelling games in addition to parents talks. We distributed over 100,000 books to children directly or through community libraries and some 100 solar lamps. These events gave hope for learning for both parents and children.

In a bid to continue promoting reading on a wider scale, we turned our books into TV content – creating a new show – “Storytime with enjuba” and broadcast them on UBCTV - the National Broadcaster. This reached over 5,000,000 children countrywide. We hope to continue putting some more work into it. Here is the You tube version of the show. We hope to continue with this in 2021.

During the total lockdown, we used our social media platforms to share learning and parenting materials. These were accessed by thousands of parents to use to teach their children at home. These tips and materials enabled 60% of parents to start reading with their children.

To encourage further reading in a community where several girls had gotten pregnant, we reached out with books and reusable menstrual pads. This encouraged parents and girls to want to be part of the cluster learning classes where they got pads and books.