Read More11 months ago Building a national care workers’ movement to advocate for decent work by Zanele Chakela care work / community health workers / decent work / early childhood development educators / extended public works programme / food handlers / informalisation / public care work programmes ‘We are the legs of one pot. When one breaks, the whole pot falls. The nation cannot stand without us.”
Read More11 months ago Our journey for decent work in the National School Nutrition Programme by Nelly Nyagah care work / decent work / education sector / extended public works programme / food handlers / informalisation / Power Up! / workers’ rights Food Handlers organise to claim their rights.
Read More11 months ago I am a Food Handler, and I deserve dignity and rights by Sibongile Mashinini advocacy stories / care economy / decent work / education sector / extended public works programme / food handlers / informalisation / NSNP Food Handlers advocating for decent work under the National School Nutrition Programme are not alone.
Read More11 months ago How Food Handlers have influenced my understanding of social innovation by Nthakoana Maema care work / decent work / food handlers / Food sovereignty / LRS Colloquium / National School Nutrition Programme / Power Up! / public care work programmes What happens when policy meets lived experience? A reflection on the LRS Colloquium “Food in Schools is a Social Justice Issue.”
Read More11 months ago Care workers’ convergence: A festival of stories by Nelly Nyagah care work / community health workers / decent work / early childhood development educators / extended public works programme / food handlers / informalisation / public care work programmes Care workers in the Expanded Public Works Programme unite to share experiences, celebrate their work, and build a national platform for collective advocacy.