On the first day of the Children’s Climate Forum, fifteen year-old Axam Maumoon from Maldives interviews fellow countryman Mohamed Ansar about climate change concerns in their country. The Republic of the Maldives is in the Indian Ocean, and consists of 1,197 low-lying islands.
Mohamed told Axam that “it’s not fair” that his country has to suffer so much from climate change. Listen to the full interview here.
The Children’s Climate Forum is currently taking place in Copenhagen, where 160 youth Delegates from 40 countries are representing the young people of the world in the lead up to COP15. Want to know more about the Children’s Climate Forum and COP 15? Click here!
November marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. In part two of our series we take a look at children’s right to health. Article 24 of the Convention says that, “all children have the right to the highest attainable standard of health”. As we’ll hear, from both adult specialists and children themselves, access to health means much more than not being sick.
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Welcome to the Show!
Radio Workshop host Mbali Vilakazi welcomes listeners to the show.
The Radio Workshop broadcasts every Saturday at 12 noon on SAfm. If you live in South Africa, you can listen live on air. Tune your radio to a frequency between 104 to 107FM to find SAfm.
Children’s Commentaries on Health
Learners from Esselen Park High School in Worcester, Western Cape tell us what it’s like to be sick and what it means to be healthy.
What does it mean to be healthy?
Shirley Pendlebury and Lori Lake of the University of Cape Town’sChildren’s Institute tell us that access to clean water and a clean environment are also part of children’s right to health.
Health rights and the South African Children’s Act
The South African Children’s Act gives important rights to children as young as 12-years old regarding their health. Prinslean Mahery, a senior researcher at the University of Cape Town’s Children’s Institute, tells us more.
Nonnie’s story
We close today’s show with a story recorded by Nonkhanyiso Mphanga. Nonnie lives at a St Joseph’s Home near the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town. She knows almost everyone at the hospital because she’s been in and out so many times. She tells us why she needs permanent access to oxygen and what it’s like to live with a serious health problem.
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This month marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. In the next four episodes of the Radio Workshop we’ll take a look at what this treaty means for children. Today we find out what some of these rights are, where they came from and who first campaigned for children’s rights.
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Welcome to the Show!
Radio Workshop host Mbali Vilakazi welcomes listeners to the show.
The Radio Workshop broadcasts every Saturday at 12 noon on SAfm. If you live in South Africa, you can listen live on air. Tune your radio to a frequency between 104 to 107FM to find SAfm.
What rights do children have?
Stephen Blight, the chief of child protection for Unicef (United Nations Children’s Fund), tells us what rights the Convention on the Rights of the Child gives children.
Janus Korczak
Eglantyne Jebb
Who pioneered children’s rights?
It took the world a long time to agree that children’s rights should be protected by a worldwide treaty – that’s why the United Nations only signed the convention in 1989. Let’s find out who were some of the people who championed children’s rights many years earlier.
Rights and responsibilities
The learners from Esselen Park High School, in the beautiful town of Worcester, Western Cape, take us through the rights children have – as well as some of the responsibilities!
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Today we’ll be hitting the beach, so get your beach gear ready. Summer holidays are just around the corner, so we thought we’d get you in the mood. But first on the show, we take a visit to the Zip Zap School of Circus Arts.
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Welcome to the Show!
Radio Workshop host Mbali Vilakazi welcomes listeners to the show.
The Radio Workshop broadcasts every Saturday at 12 noon on SAFM. Visit SAFM’s website for information about how to find their frequency in your area.
The Zip Zap Circus
Now we enter the big top. The Zip Zap School of Circus Arts gives free circus and performing arts training to young people in Cape Town. Trampoline, trapeze, juggling, and unicycle—those are just a few of the things you can learn through this great project.
Want to find out more about the Zip Zap School of Circus Arts? Click here.
Audio Profile: Kwezi Qika
Would you believe that surfing champion Kwezi Qika used to be afraid of the water? What happened that changed his mind?
Click here to watch a video of Kwezi Qika surfing. And do you want to know more about surfing? Here are some sites that will steer you in the right direction:
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It’s summer in South Africa and for those who like sports that means the cricket season is in full swing. Back in the 1970s and 80s, where you could play and which team you could join were not simple choices, and many talented black players never had the chance to reach their full potential. We’ll hear more about that later in the show. But first up on today’s programme, we hear from some learners about the history of their schools.
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Welcome to the Show!
Radio Workshop host Mbali Vilakazi welcomes listeners to the show.
The Radio Workshop broadcasts every Saturday at 12 noon on SAFM. Visit SAFM’s website for information about how to find their frequency in your area.
The history of my school
Every place has a history, including schools! Let’s take a listen as Tregina Mokoena and Renatha Kalo share the histories of their schools.
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Cricket and politics
Ameera Conrad is a Grade 10 learner at Wynberg Girl’s High in Cape Town. Cricket has played a huge role in her family—not just as a game they love, but also as a career. As Ameera explored her family’s history, she discovered how apartheid affected everything in South Africa, including cricket.
The Radio Workshop broadcasts every Saturday at 12 noon on SAFM. Visit SAFM’s website for information about how to find their frequency in your area.
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Today we meet more of the high school learners who made it through the finals of the 2009 Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition. You may remember that we recently featured the winner, Fairouz West from Cape Town. Today we hear from some of the other young historians whose project impressed the judges. Take a listen!
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Radio Workshop host Mbali Vilakazi welcomes listeners to the show.
The Radio Workshop broadcasts every Saturday at 12 noon on SAFM. Visit SAFM’s website for information about how to find their frequency in your area.
Tebello Molelekoa presents her project
Ideline Akimana receives her award
History in my community
The plight of refugees was one of the topics that young historians could choose to explore in this year’s Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition. Let’s hear from Tebello Molelekoa and Ideline Akimana.
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Patricia Simons and her poster
Religion in my community
Another topic that was popular among this year’s oral historians was places of workshop. Patricia Simons from North West province profiled a forgotten Bakgatla heritage site, while Micaela Ellson from Mpumalanga found out more about the mosque across the road from her school.
The Radio Workshop broadcasts every Saturday at 12 noon on SAFM. Visit SAFM’s website for information about how to find their frequency in your area.
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