Dear Daughter

Namulanta Kombo

Booking Overview

This BBC World Service parenting show invites real parents and caregivers to read heartfelt letters they’ve written to their children (or future children), blending advice with lived experience. It’s a strong platform for speakers who can share credible, emotionally resonant perspectives on family, parenting, and life lessons across cultures.

Metrics

Episodes: 88

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.3/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

podcast.support@bbc.co.uk

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Host

Namulanta Kombo - Creator and presenter of Dear Daughter, a BBC World Service parenting podcast. She describes the show as her brainchild—an effort to build a handbook for her daughter through letters and advice fro...

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Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:

Real-life parents/caregivers willing to share deeply personal experiences in letter form—often tied to specific parenting themes (education, adoption, childhood development, environmental/climate concerns).

Required Achievements:

Personal family milestones (e.g., adoption, getting children into education), Community initiatives linked to parenting goals (e.g., grassroots climate project for families), Documented lived experience suitable for reflective advice to children

Recent Guest Discussions

Marco - Education As A Family Value; Motivation Rooted In His Mother’s Sacrifices; Commitment To Getting Daughters To School

Fleur - Adopting Her Daughter After Fertility Treatment; Adoption Process Timing; Family Life Changes And Celebrating Annually

Yasmina - Raising A Child In A Changing World; Establishing A Grassroots Climate Project For Families; Everyday Choices And Environmental Understanding

Recent Topics

Parenting, Family, Education, Childhood, Relationships

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Dear Daughter

Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary - Love Stories

August 21, 2026

Throughout August, the Lives Less Ordinary podcast is sharing extraordinary love stories from around the world. To listen to the season, search ‘Lives Less Ordinary’ wherever you get your BBC podcasts. In this episode: in the 1970s, Mark arrived in the UK from the Bahamas and fell in love with a woman called Penny. For Penny, it felt like the beginning of everything- until, without warning, Mark broke things off and disappeared from her life. Devastated and searching for answers, Penny spent ...

The importance of education

June 05, 2026

What shapes a father’s determination to educate his daughters? In South Sudan, Marco tells Namulanta Kombo why making sure his four daughters go to school matters so deeply to him, carrying forward a value passed down by his own mother, who even sold precious family cows to keep him in school.To find out more about Dear Daughter, to take part, or read our privacy notice, please go to www.bbcworldservice.com/deardaughter. Or you can contact the team via WhatsApp on +44 800 030 4404.

Adoption day

May 29, 2026

Fleur lives in Singapore. She tells Namulanta Kombo about adopting her daughter after years of fertility treatment, and the moment her life changed with just 24 hours’ notice. Now, the family celebrate her adoption day each year.To find out more about Dear Daughter, to take part, or read our privacy notice, please go to www.bbcworldservice.com/deardaughter. Or you can contact the team via WhatsApp on +44 800 030 4404.

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