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Dignity and labour: Volunteer Food Handlers demand justice and access to UIF

After two years of service, Volunteer Food Handlers face bureaucratic barriers to claiming their UIF benefits. It’s time to rethink how we value care work in public programmes.

3 days ago

Role play as a feminist popular education tool

by Nina Benjamin facilitation exercises / feminist popular education / LRS Facilitation Toolkit / Power Up! / UIF benefits

Role play engages the head, heart, and hands for deeper analysis of a situation.

3 days ago

UIF claiming process: The experiences of Volunteer Food Handlers

by Nosipho Twala care work / labour rights / National School Nutrition Programme / Power Up! / social protection / UIF / UIF fact sheet / volunteer food handlers

Volunteer Food Handlers are being short-changed. Schools underreport their working hours, making it harder to access UIF.

1 week ago

UIF framework and the struggle of Volunteer Food Handlers to claim benefits

by Kukhanya Mthimkulu care work / labour rights / National School Nutrition Programme / Power Up! / social protection / UIF / UIF fact sheet / volunteer food handlers

Section 10 of the Constitution guarantees everyone’s inherent dignity and the right to have that dignity respected and protected. Volunteer Food Handlers campaigning for better access to UIF benefits want the government to uphold this principle.

1 year ago

Fact sheet on the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)

by LRS informalisation / National School Nutrition Programme / Power Up! / social protection / UIF benefits / UIF fact sheet / volunteer food handlers

Everything a Volunteer Food Handler should know about UIF benefits.

2 years ago

How trade unions can support volunteer food handlers

by LRS care work / National School Nutrition Programme / Power Up! / precarious employment / trade union strategies / volunteer food handlers / women workers

As key players in the school community and in government consultative spaces, trade union activists can help to make visible the work of volunteer food handlers in the National School Nutrition Programme.

[PDF] Power Up Nutrition Series | Proteins

by LRS care work / National School Nutrition Programme / Power Up! / precarious employment / school nutrition / volunteer food handlers / women workers

The Power Up Nutrition Series comprises a set of eBooks exploring the links between food and nutrition. The eBooks can assist school communities and trade union activists looking to promote and support healthy nutrition and Volunteer Food Handlers in the National School Nutrition Programme.

[PDF] Power Up Nutrition Series | Salt – A thin line between the good and the bad

by LRS care work / National School Nutrition Programme / Power Up! / precarious employment / school nutrition / volunteer food handlers / women workers

The Power Up Nutrition Series comprises a set of eBooks exploring the links between food and nutrition. The eBooks can assist school communities looking to promote and support healthy nutrition and Volunteer Food Handlers in the National School Nutrition Programme.

[PDF] Power Up Nutrition Series | Sugar – A sweet poison

by LRS care work / National School Nutrition Programme / Power Up! / precarious employment / school nutrition / volunteer food handlers / women workers

[PDF] Volunteer Food Handlers: The hands and feet of the National School Nutrition Programme

by LRS care work / decent work / informalisation / National School Nutrition Programme / Power Up! / precarious employment / volunteer food handlers / women workers

The work of feeding millions of learners must be seen as work deserving of recognition, value and appropriate working conditions and salary.

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Role play as a feminist popular education tool

How trade unions can support volunteer food handlers

[PDF] Power Up Nutrition Series | Proteins

[PDF] Power Up Nutrition Series | Salt – A thin line between the good and the bad

[PDF] Power Up Nutrition Series | Sugar – A sweet poison

[PDF] Volunteer Food Handlers: The hands and feet of the National School Nutrition Programme

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