Lunch for the street dwellers

The team of Golden Anchor Solid Rock Foundation does what they do well, providing food for the people in need. Sunday 05 July 2020, is a day when the street dwellers can look forward to a healthy meal. The team provided a healthy vegetable meal to the street dwellers. The people enjoyed the food and asked for more. Diane the chef of the organization said she enjoys preparing food on a Sunday to the people. Any donation is welcome. It could be your brother, sister, mom, or dad on the street.

Woodstock Brewery donate soup and bread to Golden Anchor Solid Rock Foundation

Woodstock Brewery sponsor soup and bread to Golden Anchor Solid Rock Foundation. A group of men received soup and bread before going out and looking for a job. One response "thank you for the soup I am getting up 4'clock in the morning to come and look for a job. This will help me get through the day." 

Social work and food security

http://repository.uwc.ac.za/xmlui/handle/10566/3313

Social work and food security: Case study on the nutritional capabilities of the landfill waste pickers in South Africa

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Date

2017

Author

Schenck, Catherina

Blaauw, Phillip F.

Viljoen, Jacoba M.M.

Swart, Elizabeth C.

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Food security (or the lack of it) has a direct impact on people’s well-being and is of great concern to many disciplines. The study on which the article is based used Drèze and Sen’s ‘nutritional capability’ concept as a theoretical framework to explain the food (in)security of landfill waste pickers. A cross-sectional research approach was followed, coupled with a triangulation mixed method research design. Viewing the waste pickers against the nutritional capability framework highlighted the important role that social work should play in focusing on people’s capabilities within their particular context.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872817742703 

The dietary intake, food (in)security and nutritional status of waste pickers in South Africa

The dietary intake, food (in)security and nutritional status of waste pickers in South Africa

Creator

Williams, Joy Desire'

Swart, Rina

Subject

Waste pickers

Homeless people

Street people

Destitute

Vulnerable

Description

Magister Public Health - MPH

Background: Waste picking is not a new phenomenon in South Africa and is becoming increasingly prevalent, with rising numbers of waste pickers operating on landfills and on the streets. Although waste pickers are recognised as making an important contribution to waste management systems in South Africa, they remain at the lowest level of the waste collection and disposal hierarchy. Operating on the fringes of the formal economy with low and generally erratic income, they have limited access to safe and nutritious food. Many waste pickers are therefore prone to micronutrient malnutrition and macronutrient malnutrition. Food insecurity is a constant threat. Few studies have been conducted on this vulnerable group of people, with relatively little known about their eating habits and the impact thereof on their health. The aim of this study was to assess the dietary intake, food (in)security and nutritional status of waste pickers in South Africa, with a specific focus on landfill waste pickers. Study population and design: This constitutes a secondary study which builds on an earlier (primary) study conducted among 409 landfill waste pickers on nine landfill sites in four provinces in South Africa. Data was obtained from a cross-sectional quantitative survey conducted during the primary study which assessed the food (in)security, anthropometric status and dietary intake of waste pickers. In this study, group discussions were also conducted with waste pickers to gain more insight into activities and conditions on the landfill sites.

Publisher

University of the Western Cape

Creation Date

2019

Source

UWC ETD Repository

http://etd.uwc.ac.za/handle/11394/7060