South Africa
Robbie Williams talks about the work being done by UNICEF and its partner Isibindi in South Africa for vulnerable children and reflects on Soccer Aid 2006.
The project has two strands. Firstly, it provides child and youth care workers to work with child-headed households, where families have lost both parents to HIV and AIDS and the older children end up looking after the younger ones, often sacrificing their own childhood in the process. Secondly, it involves building ‘safe parks’, which are fenced-off, supervised areas that provide a safe environment within the community for children to play and learn.