South Africa

UNICEF South Africa promotes Tiny Stories: “What I want for every child”

  

On the 20th of November this year, UNICEF marks the anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child around the theme, ‘What I want for every child’ under the hashtag ‘#ForEveryChild.’
As part of this commemoration, UNICEF South Africa will join our offices and partners around the world by participating in a literary campaign, initiated by UNICEF Finland called ‘Tiny Stories’. Aiming at increasing awareness of children’s rights and needs, UNICEF South Africa chose three authors to write a ‘tiny’ story of just seven lines under the theme ‘What I want for every child’.

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Whether nations grow and prosper depends heavily on the survival, health, education and protection of their citizens, particularly children. With this reality in mind, UNICEF South Africa, in partnership with the International Budget Partnership, hosted a Discussion on the extent to which government budgets for education, health and social development address the needs of children in South Africa.

What we do

Child Survival and Development

  

Education and Child Friendly Schools

  

Protection for Orphans and Vulnerable Children

  

Social Policy and Strategic Leveraging

Early Means Early - Mapping the gaps

This report identifies key communication challenges faced by experts and advocates as they seek to elevate support for public policies that will best serve the developmental needs of all children in South Africa. The report provides an initial set of strategic recommendations for how best to communicate the expert story in ways that expand public understandings of early childhood development and build support for policies and programs that leverage this connection.

Recent publications

Global goals for every child: Progress and disparities among children in South Africa

South African Kids Online: A glimpse into children's internet use and online activities

Removing barriers to accessing Child Grants