Deserving schools and charity organisations in the Buffalo City Metro received almost 2,000 books this week, ahead of World Read Aloud Day on Wednesday. The books were donated by the Daily Dispatch as part of its parent company Arena Holdings’ Arena Cares charity programme.
The Daily Dispatch has put out its annual call for preloved literacy, collecting anything from fiction to children’s stories, to be donated to relevant 2023 Local Hero winners on World Read Aloud Day in February 2024.
Behind the bleak grey walls of St Peter’s Claver Catholic Church lies a garden of Eden, budding with life and hope for hundreds of residents. For more than 20 years, Local Hero nominee, Sister Nobulali Bulurelo, 53, has been helping the elderly community feed their families by growing organic vegetables in the church gardens.