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RX Radio is a radio station– run by and for children - at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital. The initiative aims to create a platform for communication between hospitalised children, their families, and the health services by providing patients with the skills and support to produce and broadcast radio programmes across the hospital. In addition, we are a project initiated under the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital Facility Board.
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Friday Jul 15, 2022
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Based at the Children’s Institute, Dr Neziswa Titi holds a PhD in Psychology. She serves in civil and academic societies that focus on protecting children and developing appropriate ways of doing research with and about children in South Africa and internationally. Her research focuses on sexual violence, trauma and the development of mental health interventions for children and young people in Africa through listening to children’s voices.
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Many people think that corporal punishment – or hitting children when they misbehave – is a way to set children on the right track and make them a part of a caring society. But in reality, it’s been found that corporal punishment does more harm than good and that it leads to a cycle of violence. To talk to us more about this today, we have Lucy Jamieson, a Senior Researcher at the Children’s Institute. Lucy leads and contributes to a variety of research projects focused on strengthening child protection systems and understanding approaches to reducing violence.
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Fatima Chohan is a South African politician and activist who is currently the Deputy Chair of the South African Human Rights Commission. Started in October 1995, the Human Rights Commission is a national institution that is committed to promote respect for and protection of human rights without fear or favour. She spoke to us about the National Effort campaign.
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
We will be chatting today on our registrar show about HIV and we will be talking about this topic to Dr Nicole Morgan. Dr Nikki – as everyone knows her – has just passed her exams to become a paediatrician. She loves working with children, singing, baking and hiking in the mountains.
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
For this My World of Art, Layla spoke with Zaid Philander from the Butterfly Art Project. The Butterfly Art Project is an organisation that has created a network of active facilitators, who use their art therapy skills in vulnerable communities, to bring about healing and stability in children who are growing up in poverty. Zaid talked about how art can help with creativity and the healing process.