As we observe Human Rights Day in the country today, The Santa Shoebox Programmes, which focuses on uplifting underprivileged children, is calling for the government to uphold children’s basic human rights to education, adequate nutrition, sanitation and quality care.

The Government's Early Childhood Development Subsidy, which was created to address this very issue, has made some progress with an increased budget and deregulation to allow more organisations to have access to the fund.

However experts say more needs to be done as the current allocated budget won’t be enough to empower and uplift underprivileged children, in 2022 the subsidy amounted to R17 per child per day.

For more on this the team was joined by Deb Zelezniak, CEO of the Santa Shoebox Programmes

As we observe Human Rights Day in the country today, The Santa Shoebox Programmes, which focuses on uplifting underprivileged children, is calling for the government to uphold children’s basic human rights to education, adequate nutrition, sanitation and quality care.
The Government's Early Childhood Development Subsidy, which was created to address this very issue, has made some progress with an increased budget and deregulation to allow more organisations to have access to the fund.
However experts say more needs to be done as the current allocated budget won’t be enough to empower and uplift underprivileged children, in 2022 the subsidy amounted to R17 per child per day.
For more on this the team was joined by Deb Zelezniak, CEO of the Santa Shoebox Programmes

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Wake Up on METRO FM with Khutso Theledi, Lindi Mtshali and Owen Hannie is South Africa’s premier morning radio breakfast show. Full of character and personality, this show is the only way for South Africans to get their mornings started. The show gets the day going through fun and entertaining content that gets you thinking, laughing and inspires joy as you gear up to take on the day. The show brings hope by capturing quintessential South African stories &amp; experiences that get us in our feels and connect us as a people. ‘Wake Up on METRO FM’ Monday to Friday between 5am &amp; 9am for a show that’s bound to get you thinking, feeling and smiling.

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