CHILDREN'S RIGHTS

Beat It! 1999 Episode 8 - Human Rights

In this Human Rights section we see how Nkosi Johnson and his foster mother Gail brought about the adoption of a National HIV/AIDS Schools Policy.

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2004 Episode 10 - Caring for AIDS orphans

This tenth episode in the 2004 series of Siyayinqoba Beat It! focused on AIDS orphans; children who have lost their parents because of HIV/AIDS. We met little Andisiwe and her sister and heard about the hardships that they went through and how they are being taken care of. Cati Vawda from the Children's Rights Centre furthered the discussion around these vulnerable children as the episode's in house guest.

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2005 Episode 10 - Orphans

In this episode of Siyayinqoba Beat It! we visited the Shabalala family in Bronkhortspruit, Mpumalanga, to find out about the day-to-day struggles and needs of child-headed households. We also found out about the Sizanani Village and Isibindi Project that assist in giving or facilitating social, personal and psychological support to children orphaned by HIV and AIDS.

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2006 Ep. 8 - Children on ARVs

It was estimated that in 2006 about 230 000 children under the age of 15 in our country were infected with HIV. But only 10 000 of those were on antiretroviral treatment. The rest of them were in desperate need of medication to fight this disease. In this episode of Siyayinqoba Beat It! the team looked at the challenges faced in administering antiretroviral treatment to children and made the point that PMTCT programmes should be scaled up to ensure that no kids are born with HIV in South Africa to start off with.