Abaqophi BakwaZisize Abakhanyayo is a children's radio project based in rural Ingwavuma, KwaZulu-Natal, where children grew up in poverty and where the provision of services was under-resourced or absent and where there was a high prevalence of HIV. More than 85% of households had no electricity and 62% of households had no toilets. The National Antenatal HIV Survey of 2008 showed that 40% of pregnant women were HIV positive.