Children at Heart – Unicef South Africa Podcast

Nobody asks more questions than a curious child. In the midst of a global pandemic, we as adults have scores of questions ourselves. Children have thousands more than that! We could all do with some reassurance right now, especially the children around us. In episode 5 of Children at Heart we speak to faith leaders who help us answer a question of our own: what is the role of faith

Will childhood ever be the same again beyond COVID-19? There’s a growing concern around the impact of the Coronavirus on the mental health and wellbeing of children, who may have a lot of questions, frustrations and fears that they’re not always able to articulate. In episode 4 of Children at Heart, we talk to Edith Kriel, executive director of Jelly Beanz, a child protection o

There are many things under threat during a national lockdown: jobs, availability of resources, access to education, to name a few. But there are people who are working hard to ensure that the rights of children are not on the list of things under threat. In this episode we hear from Angie Makwetla Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission Responsible for Children's Rights. She o

Parenting is not an easy task on any given day. But parenting under a national lockdown is something that’s definitely NOT covered in any parenting manual! It’s April 2020 and South Africa is currently under a lockdown in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19. As a result, children are on the longest unplanned holiday, with parents and caregivers feeling all kinds of stress. In

Never before has the world been more collectively shaken, yet also strangely interconnected by a virus. We are living in the time of COVID-19, the pandemic that has brought nations to a complete standstill. There are millions of children looking to the caregivers and adults around them for protection and guidance in these uncertain times. In this episode we speak to Mayke Huijbregt