Appointment of Taryn Lock as Executive Director

We are happy to announce that as of 1 January 2017, that Taryn Lock will be Executive Director of READ to RISE.

Taryn, who is also Co-Founder, has been the Programme Director for the last 3 years and has been responsible for setting up and managing the administration and operations in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

Taryn is from Johannesburg, she has a BSc (Mathematics and Computer Science) and BScHons degree in Mathematics from Wits University. She has worked as a strategy analyst for many years and was named one of Mail & Guardian's Top Young South Africans in 2014. She also illustrates the Oaky childrens series.

"We look forward to 2017 and hope to double our number of classroom programmes to 900 class visits and give out over 35,000 new books to learners in Mitchells Plain and Soweto. We will be launching two new class programmes this year." says Taryn.