This story starts with a number: 70%.
That's how many young people in South Africa are unemployed. Youth hustle and hope to find success, but how do you make it in a place like Alexandra township in Johannesburg? And how do you get out? In this three-part series, 23-year-old Mary-Ann Nobele brings listeners into her life in Alex and shows us why she's made this promise to herself: I will not grow old here.
*3-episode series
Hard to miss on Johannesburg’s skyline, Ponte Tower looks like a 54-story concrete toilet-paper tube. All 464 of the tower’s apartments face a gaping, open core that looks like it was lifted straight from the set of a sci-fi thriller.
This is a story about how one building became a laboratory for people to try out different versions of themselves since the 70's till today.
Africa is falling behind on vaccinating its citizens against COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy among youth is a big reason why. We speak to some young people in Zimbabwe, Nigeria, and South Africa to reveal the extreme lengths youth will go to to avoid getting the jab.
Money.
That's the very thing the poor don’t have enough of.
But one program is putting cash directly into their pockets. No strings attached.
Our producer, Dhashen Moodley, went to Zimbabwe and produced this episode of UNICEF's Kids Dispatches podcast.
After fashion designer George Azzi’s offices were destroyed by the deadly 2020 blast at Beirut’s port, he considered joining Lebanon’s diaspora. In the last few decades, Lebanon has faced several crises, including a devastating civil war, constitutional collapse, political assassinations and a major financial meltdown . Many Lebanese have emigrated. Yet, George has persisted and thrived. In this episode, we discover what makes him to stay. As Mona Harb, co-founder of the Beirut Urban Lab, tells us 'we are condemned to hope'.
*6-episode series
How climate change is increasing the intensity and frequency of natural disasters, and what countries can do to prepare.
"Dhashen Moodley shares the story of how officials in Mozambique responded to extreme weather by fortifying key elements of their infrastructure to make their country more resilient."
Children, who’ve been victims of abuse, are putting rapists behind bars thanks to the healing power of therapy dogs. The dogs are dressed in the costumes of court officials to help teach kids about how court works, and that’s helping to improve conviction rates in a country with very high rates of violence against children.
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