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The Morning Show Interview: Why fathers matter
Watch Heartlines' Olefile Masanagane and Garth Japhet in conversation with The Morning Show's William Lehong about why fathers matter.
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Fatherhood, the Church and the First Thousand Days
This webinar series connects the dots between government, faith communities and society, with perspectives from local government representatives, researchers, and both church and NGO leaders. Sikunye is calling South Africa to embrace a Whole of Society Approach (WoSA) and to join the conversation on the subject of Fatherhood, the Church and the First Thousand Days.
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Enter the My Father Essay Writing competition for 13 to 30 year olds
The Heartlines and FunDza Literacy Trust competition aims to get young people more engaged with the issue of fatherhood
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Apartheid laws created the misery that SA’s children and their caregivers find themselves in
The Children’s Institute of UCT references Heartlines' Fathers Matter work on fathers in their research on bullying amongst children.
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FM Ambassadors
We’re excited to be partnering with Mahlatse Mashua, Loyiso Bala, Mmusi Maimane and Michael Mol to spread the word about the Fathers Matter project.
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Fathers Matter Networking Event #1: Overview
These networking events aim to facilitate connection and collaboration in this sector and, through that, to increase impact.
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Exploring fatherhood in South Africa
On this Founding Father podcast episode, Heartlines CEO Dr Garth Japhet discusses his experience of fathering while managing a demanding career.
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Partner profile: The Character Company
The Character Company is a long-term mentorship programme for young boys with absent fathers or no positive male role models in their lives.
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Partner profile: The Character Company
The Character Company is a long-term mentorship programme for young boys with absent fathers or no positive male role models in their lives.
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Positively present fathers as an early intervention to protect children
Heartlines participated in the African Child Trauma Conference held on 8 and 9 October 2020 and which focused on the development of an emergency action plan to protect the continent’s vulnerable children.
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Fatherhood in South Africa webinar series: Positive interventions for fathers
Four out of five men in South Africa are biological or social fathers; this final discussion in the series explored which interventions helped these men to be an active, positive male presence.
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Present fathers provide important emotional support to children
Senior research specialist at the Human Sciences Research Council, Dr Tawanda Makusha, stressed the importance of fathers providing practical and emotional support to children.
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