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What we do

  • Vision and mission
  • How we do it
  • Our history and recognition
  • Registration, reports & financials
  • Newsletters and blog posts
  • Get involved

Who we are

  • Book Dash team
  • Creative volunteers
  • Distribution partners
  • Open content partners
  • Funding partners
What we do
  • Vision and mission
  • How we do it
  • Our history and recognition
  • Registration, reports & financials
  • Newsletters and blog posts
  • Get involved
Who we are
  • Book Dash team
  • Creative volunteers
  • Distribution partners
  • Open content partners
  • Funding partners
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Book Dash team

We’re interested in changing the face of access to children’s books globally, and in South Africa in particular. Book Dash drives a collective effort to increase book ownership for the youngest children.

The core Book Dash team consists of experienced publishing professionals and social impact innovators, but it takes many stakeholders to make and sustain our track record of impressive impact.

  • The Board members who advise on strategy and governance.
  • The generous creatives who volunteer their time and talent to make our beautiful books for children, in just twelve hours.
  • The funders and champions who believe in our shared vision of every child owning one hundred books by age five. They work with us to unlock opportunities to make that happen.
  • The trusted distribution partners, working on the ground to get our books into the hands and hearts of children
  • The core Book Dash team that drive the organisation forward and make sure it sticks around for a long time to come.

Board

The Board comprises book-production pros, sustainability specialists and open-license aficionados. They provide management with ongoing input on our strategic direction.

Arthur Attwell

Arthur Attwell

Board member

Boitumelo Khunou

Boitumelo Khunou

Board member

Jabulile Nosi

Jabulile Nosi

Board member

Karien Bezuidenhout

Karien Bezuidenhout

Board member

Michelle Matthews

Michelle Matthews

Board member

Tarryn-Anne Anderson

Tarryn-Anne Anderson

Chair of the Board

Core Management Team

The management team’s skills stretch from educational publishing and large-scale literacy interventions, to business administration and organisational management. They manage operations and strategy day-to-day to make sure that Book Dash not only survives, but thrives.

Dorette Louw

Dorette Louw

Director

Julia Norrish

Julia Norrish

Executive Director

Zaib Solari

Zaib Solari

Project & Admin Manager

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Key Service Providers

Book Dash works with a network of trusted suppliers who provide services and support in key organisational development areas. These suppliers are integrated into Book Dash’s systems and immersed in our culture. They believe in our vision as strongly as the core team and we consider them our extended family! This way of working allows us to stay lean in terms of permanent staff, with access to expansive expertise.

Robin Pocock

Robin Pocock

M&E

SureFire

SureFire

Communications

The Virtual FD

The Virtual FD

Financial Management

The Workroom

The Workroom

Fundraising and Strategy

Zanri Kritzinger

Zanri Kritzinger

Digital Publishing Management

Buchanan Square, 160 Sir Lowry Rd, Woodstock, Cape Town, 7925

team@bookdash.org

021 206 7868 (during office hours)

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What we do

  • Vision and mission
  • How we do it
  • Our history and recognition
  • Registration, reports & financials
  • Newsletters and blog posts
  • Get involved

Who we are

  • Book Dash team
  • Creative volunteers
  • Distribution partners
  • Open content partners
  • Funding partners
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Book Dash is a registered voluntary association Non-profit-organisation registration: 145-694 NPO
Public-benefit-organisation registration (Section 18A): 930047958