Cape Talk Interview: Book ownership can change a child’s life
On CapeTalk, Kwanda Ndoda, Project Lead of Umncedi at DGMT, spoke about the importance of book ownership in boosting early childhood development. He explained how the pilot programme with Book Dash is putting a book into the hands of every child at participating ECD centres — often the very first books children will own. By […]
ENCA Interview: South Africa’s silent crisis: Fetal Alcohol Disorder tops global rates
On World Alcohol Awareness Day, Dr Busi Kabane-Bailey, Innovation Director at DGMT, joined ENCA to highlight South Africa’s alarming rates of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder – the highest in the world, affecting one in 15 children. She explained how excessive drinking is rooted in history and reinforced by today’s aggressive alcohol marketing, and called for […]