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Women’s Day through the eyes of Volunteer Food Handlers
The undervaluation of care work is used to justify precarious employment for women workers in the National School Nutrition Programme.
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3 months ago
Unlocking the true value of women’s work in school nutrition
Recognising the work of the women who feed the learners in our communities is a powerful starting point in valuing care work in society.
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6 months ago
Valuing care work: What are the prospects for women in the National School Nutrition Programme?
Recognising Volunteer Food Handlers as deserving of decent work is an important starting point for establishing a society that truly values care work.
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9 months ago
Fact sheet on the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)
Everything a Volunteer Food Handler should know about UIF benefits.
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9 months ago
Access Granted – Volunteer Food Handlers secure UIF benefits in a successful campaign
A group of Volunteer Food Handlers in Gauteng demanded that schools and the labour department ensure timely access to their UIF benefits.
Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Fact sheet
Everything a Volunteer Food Handler should know about UIF benefits.
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1 year ago
Access denied | A woman worker’s struggle for social protection
This video shows the stark realities of Elizabeth and Lehlohonolo, two working-class people who face an extraordinary challenge – access to their UIF benefits.
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1 year ago
VIDEO: A day in the life of Volunteer Food Handler
We learn about the issues facing the workers who prepare and serve meals to learners under the National School Nutrition Programme through the eyes of Khuli Gumede, a Volunteer Food Handler in Gauteng.
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2 years ago
How trade unions can support Education Support Personnel
Teachers’ unions are concerned about the exploitation of education support personnel, the lack of decent jobs and the violation of fundamental human and labour rights, including the right to organise and bargain collectively.
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2 years ago
Volunteer Food Handlers advocate to have their jobs made visible, recognised, valued and remunerated
At a media conference on 29 March, food handlers spoke about their campaign for decent jobs for the more than 60,000 workers recruited by the National School Nutrition Programme to prepare and serve meals in schools countrywide.
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2 years ago
Building a campaign to recognise and value the work of Volunteer Food Handlers
The workers who cook meals for millions of learners across the country are classified as volunteers and paid a stipend. Recruiting workers as volunteers has become another way of pushing women into unrecognised and low-paid work.
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2 years ago
How trade unions can support volunteer food handlers
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
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
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
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] Volunteer Food Handlers: The hands and feet of the National School Nutrition Programme
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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2 years ago
Community members rally to support volunteer food handlers and a return to traditional nutrition in schools
What will it take to create collaboration among community stakeholders to advocate for the recognition and valuing of the work of volunteer food handlers?
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2 years ago
Volunteer Food Handlers are the hands and heart of the National School Nutrition Programme
The work of feeding millions of children must be seen as work deserving of recognition and value. We need decent jobs for volunteer food handlers.
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2 years ago
Power Up! consortium intends to transform power in three key areas
In South Africa, the Labour Research Service supports volunteer food handlers in the National School Nutrition Programme to have their jobs made visible, recognised, valued and remunerated. Know more.
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3 years ago
Why it is necessary to support the National School Nutrition Programme and the work of the Volunteer Food Handlers
The National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) is a government programme that alleviates poverty and ensures that children have the right to nutritious food that supports their ability to learn.
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3 years ago
Promoting the value of care work for a just and sustainable society
Advocacy by a group of Volunteer Food Handlers in Gauteng for recognition and rights as workers under the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) can potentially catalyse a national movement and positively impact the lives of the women who cook and serve food to learners.
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3 years ago
How does the family and school community value the role of volunteer food handlers in meeting the immediate need of feeding school children?
Devalued, invisible, exploited and undermined, volunteer food handlers in the National School Nutrition Programme seek to be recognised and valued as workers.
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