South Africa

Poor diets damaging children’s health worldwide, warns UNICEF

   

   

Poverty, urbanization, climate change and poor eating choices driving unhealthy diets.

South Africa has the highest percentage of overweight children under 5 and adolescents 10-19 years in the Eastern and Southern Africa region.

An alarmingly high number of children are suffering the consequences of poor diets and a food system that is failing them, UNICEF warned today in a new report on children, food and nutrition.

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Swipe for UNICEF

We are pleased to announce that UNICEF is now a beneficiary of the MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet programme. This means every time you swipe your card at the partner stores, they will make a donation on your behalf to UNICEF once you choose us as the organisation you support.

The MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet programme provides individuals like you the opportunity to support a worthy cause or charity close to your heart. Anyone can support the charity of their choice. We hope you will choose UNICEF!

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Programme brief: Engaging South African Fathers

   

  
The MenCare Childcare and Protection Programme

This programme brief provides a review of programmes that promote or facilitate the involvement of fathers and father figures in their children’s lives. It provides an overview of parenting programmes across the world and the results of the MenCare South Africa Childcare and Protection Programme’s evaluation, and finally makes recommendations for policies and programmes to encourage the promotion of responsive, non-violent fathers as caregivers in South Africa.

Recent publications

South African Budget Briefs 2018/19

South African Child Gauge 2018

UNICEF South Africa 2017 Highlights

The South African National Curriculum Framework for children birth to four (Available in all 11 languages)

Policy brief series: Theme 3: Child poverty (early childhood development, children and violence)