Every child is entitled to a fair chance in life, including access to education, nutrition, and safety. 

In this episode, we meet Clarens Thulisile Zinda, an early childhood development practitioner from Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal, who works tirelessly to ensure that children in her community are protected, receive a high-quality education, and eat nutritious food so that they can reach their full potential.

Zinda’s work is supported by the not-for-profit organisation #Impande, a Strategic Implementing Partner (SIP) of the national Social Employment Fund (SEF). Zinda and key staff receive a stipend from the Fund to provide services and nutritious food to the children in their care.

The Social Employment Fund (SEF), which is part of the Presidential Employment Stimulus (PES), is creating thousands of social employment opportunities in communities across South Africa. To learn more, read this FAQ.

This is a story about how social employment can lead to hope in communities.

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A fair chance in life (ENGLISH)

Across South Africa, countless volunteers are providing invaluable services in their communities but are never compensated.

Social employment recognises the value of the public benefit volunteers provide. In this episode, we meet volunteers leading the charge against gender-based violence in Mpumalanga.

The Hlanganisa Institute's, Sisterhood Advocates Programme, trains women in communities as paralegals to assist survivors of gender-based violence.

The programme is supported by the national Social Employment Fund, which is part of the Presidential Employment Stimulus (PES) and is creating thousands of social employment opportunities in communities across South Africa. To learn more, read this FAQ.

Listen to how social employment is making waves in South Africa.

Workers for the Common Good (ENGLISH)

Workers for the Common Good (SEPEDI)

Workers for the Common Good (ZULU)

The Economic Development Partnership (EDP) is a public benefit collaborative intermediary organisation that supports diverse stakeholders to harness each other’s energy, knowledge and resources for collective impact and change. We design, facilitate and enable collaboration and change processes that improve interventions to address society’s most pressing development challenges.
Learn more: https://wcedp.co.za