About us
Project Literacy is a proudly South African non-profit organisation trading as Project
Literacy Education Centres NPC (Registration No. 1986/004771/08). We are governed by a diverse board of non-executive directors who volunteer their time and expertise. As a non-profit, we have no shareholders; our focus is entirely on educational impact.
Fully Accredited
We are fully accredited and recognised by leading educational bodies, giving you confidence that every qualification we offer meets the highest national standards.
Accreditation numbers are available on request. Contact us directly to verify our credentials.
What we offer
We deliver a wide range of accredited training programmes and qualifications across multiple NQF levels. Our most popular offerings include:
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Adult Education and Training (AET) Levels 1–4
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Early Childhood Development (ECD)
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AET Practitioner Qualifications (NQF 4–5)
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Foundational Learning Competence (FLC)
“If we are to ensure that within the next decade, every 10-year-old will be able to read for meaning, we will need to mobilise the entire nation behind a massive reading campaign. Early reading is the basic foundation that determines a child’s educational progress, through school, through higher education and into the workplace.”
– Cyril Ramaphosa, 2019 State of the Nation Address
Our Impact
Families Reached
Children
*Statistics as of 2025
Communities
Champions Trained
Testimonials
“With each step, we have seen
more children and families reached, and more futures brightened. Run-Home-To-Read is more than a literacy project. It’s a powerful tool for building communities and creating a more inclusive, economically active society. Well done to Project Literacy and all involved in making this incredible work possible!”
“Chamberlain has proudly supported Project Literacy’s Run Home to Read programme since 2006, and we continue to do so because we believe in the real difference it makes. In summary, Run Home to Read is a well-managed, impactful programme that is both ethically run and thoughtfully executed.”
“Over the course of our partnership from 2017 to 2022, the organisation successfully managed stipends for the EPWP NSS project with a high level of professionalism, accuracy, and timeliness. Their finance department was responsible for processing monthly stipend payments for 400 participants under our EPWP NSS, ensuring that all disbursements were accurate and delivered on time.”
Flagship initiatives
Run Home To Read
Creating jobs in literacy and ECD in underserved communities by empowering children and caregivers through home-based, mother-tongue education.
Funda Sizwane
Improving reading with understanding, through home language for learners in the Foundation Phase.
The Big Blue Book Bus
OUR PARTNERS
