Uncertainty in jobs during covid-19 turns people to run a feeding project

 Golden Anchor Solid Rock Foundation feeding the most vulnerable in Salt River, Cape Town.

Refugees receiving a father's day plate of food.

Golden Anchor Solid Rock Foundation does what they do best in feeding men on father's day who are looking for a day job. These men are looking for a day job to support their families. Some of these people are refugees. These men came every day to a point where people come to pick up day job seekers. They enjoy the food some people asked for more. It was a pleasant experience to serve the people with a plate of food on a Sunday.

Serving the community on foot

The rain could not stop the Golden Anchor Solid Rock Foundation team of feeding their community with soup and bread. The buddies do all the feeding on their feet. They carried the buckets from point A  - B. It becomes tiring, but they do it because they love the community they serve. The response from the people was good e.g. "thank you for coming out in the cold", "thanks for thinking about us.", "I wish you luck where ever you go." There are a need for soup out there. The organization needs a trolley to push the soup around. Please contact: goldenanchor81@gmail.com at cell 0764317148

Sunday night food supply

Last night, Sunday, May 31, 2020, while I was busy serving some street dwellers and waste pickers with food, I realized that my ways are not God's way. Things happen in my life for a reason. He wants me to serve the vulnerable, and to do that, I have to go through grueling tests in life. I was bitter, but I understand where I must be. The responses I received from those I gave the food was overwhelming. Some responses: "Thanks for the food, I really appreciate it.", "Come as you just said you are hungry and see God provide food for us.", "Thank you very much, please dish for my friend as he is not here but is coming back soon." Two middle-aged men ran after us and asked us to stop as they need food because they heard provide food. 

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Social work and food security

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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

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Northlink Students giving food to the homeless

Two Northlink students Arlene Louw and Enrico Samson, drived the project to feed the hunger with a sponsor from PicknPay, job well done Golden Anchor Solid Rock Foundation 10 November 2019.
Response: "this is a good thing because on a Sunday most of the scrap yards are close"
"it was good to get a Sunday plate" Therefore, Weafer (2005) agreed with the statement that many of the services are closed on a Sunday.
"do it more on a Sunday"
According to the responses it is clear that the project is needed. The observation from the people who dished out the food was that with their arrival a long Que was waiting on them. In less that 30 minutes they served over 50 needed people. The food was not enough and some left empty handed.