Mikhulu Trust

Mikhulu Trust helps young children to reach their cognitive and socio-emotional development potential and reduce their risk factors for later violence. Based on research on the importance of the parent-child relationship, our approach is to focus on parents, families and communities, with the vision that “All parents are supported to develop positive, nurturing and stimulating relationships with their young children”. Research (in South Africa and across the world) shows that book-sharing: • Results in considerable child development benefits across a wide range of outcomes, such as attention, social understanding, and behaviour; • Improves children’s language and cognitive development; • Helps children’s social understanding; • Provides carers with a means of engaging sensitively and supportively with children, which enhances the quality of carer-child ...