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Fathers Matter
Are you a dad or do you want to help men become more positively and actively present in children's lives?
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Are you looking for ways to connect more with others in your family, community, church, school or workplace?
Values & Money
Could you use help with how you approach money? Our money values can help you shift your money attitudes and behaviour.
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What we do
Promote Values
Heartlines is a social change organisation that encourages people to live out positive values. We do this through our projects.
View our projectsProduce Films and Resources
We produce films and multimedia resources to spark conversations around values, and to equip you to live them out.
Facilitate Workshops
We facilitate values-based training, workshops and motivational talks for companies, organisations and groups.
Conduct Research
Our work is steeped in research, ongoing M&E and a theory of change that informs our projects and resources.
Learn about our researchFILMS
Heartlines produces award-winning films that use the power of storytelling to entertain and inspire viewers. Many of our long-term projects, such as What's Your Story? and Values & Money, are based on the films we produce.
Hopeville
To support his estranged son’s swimming aspirations, Amos, a reformed alcoholic, attempts to restore a derelict public pool but meets resistance from the community. Through patience, determination and courage, Amos’ selfless act ripples through Hopeville, inspiring others to take action and do what they know is right.
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Beyond the River
Two men from very different walks of life team up for the 120km Dusi Canoe Marathon. By opening up about their respective life stories, they break race, social and age barriers, forming a formidable bond. This film is inspired by the true story of Piers Cruikshanks' and Siseko Ntondini's 2014 Dusi journey.
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Nothing for Mahala
Axe lives in the fast lane and is spending a lot more than he’s earning. When his debts catch up with him and he’s sentenced to community service with a surly senior, he begins to wonder if the flashy life is worth the price.
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Heartlines 8 Films 8 Values
8 Weeks, 8 Values, 1 National Conversation. Heartlines’ founding campaign centred around these films, which were aired on public television and remain notable local productions. Each dealt with a specific value and used the power of story to share a message of hope and motivation for social change.
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Fathers Matter Film Series
The Heartlines Fathers Matter films are six different, compelling dramas that explore the complexities of fatherhood in South Africa today, where most children grow up in homes without their biological fathers.
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ARTICLES
We're Hiring: Conversation designer / content specialist
We are recruiting a conversation designer who is able to conceptualise, write and manage conversations via our innovative chatbot. The position is based in our offices in Dunkeld, Johannesburg.
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Tips to encourage stigma-free communication about mental health
Despite many of us becoming more open to the idea of sharing our personal experiences, there’s still a stigma surrounding mental health. One way we continue to perpetuate the stigma around mental health is through how we speak about those who have mental health conditions.
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Safeguarding vulnerable people remains a priority for Heartlines
Steven Wetton from Give a Child a Family, Oak Foundation's safeguarding partner in Southern Africa, recently ran a safeguarding session at Heartlines to help us continue ensuring the safety and well-being of the people we work with.
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Faith leaders must unite in ending GBV
What role can faith leaders play in ending GBV? We need faith leaders to make a faith stance and a bold faith grounded declaration that their faith traditions, customs, practices and beliefs do not condone and allow gender-based violence.
How storytelling can heal
At his talk at the 2024 Templeton Annual Meeting Heartlines CEO Dr Garth Japhet shares from his personal experience of what a difference knowing someone's story can make on how we interpret their actions and choices.
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Sharing Heartlines’ way of working with communities beyond South Africa
Foundations for Farming Zimbabwe and Zambia joined us to learn about how Heartlines has used social behaviour change communication to reach millions of South Africa with values messages leading to social change.
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