Get Involved
There are three ways you can join the food justice movement.
#1 Digital advocacy
Support our digital campaigns that lobby government and big food on important policy issues like the sugar tax, front-of-package warning labels and marketing junk food to children and vulnerable communities. You can show your support by signing petitions, sending letters to ministers, joining a protest or sharing our campaigns on social media.
#2 Rally your community
We need the support of people in communities across South Africa. We work closely with the Rural Health Advocacy Project, Xa Sisonke Siyaphila programme, to engage communities in Limpopo and the Eastern Cape to create awareness about the role of food and nutrition in health and we mobilise them to take action.
Xa Sisonke Siyaphila does this by integrating nutrition literacy training and information on food justice, food systems and the need for policy into the activities of the community-based organisations it works with. Sisonke uses a ‘train-the-trainer’ model to cascade information down to the grassroots level in communities.
Xa Sisonke Siyaphila also identifies and develops local champions to build their knowledge on these topics and develops their capacity to become advocates for these issues using local media channels.
#3 Become a coalition member
HEALA collaborates with its coalition partners to promote food justice at a grassroots level. It does this using education and awareness raising activities as well as by promoting specific advocacy campaigns through its coalition partners.
HEALA partners with civil society organisations and faith-based organisations with a national, provincial or regional footprint. We also work with community-based organisations at a local community level.
What are the benefits to working with HEALA?
- Access to high-quality information: HEALA provides its coalition partners with high-quality educational content around nutrition, health and food justice to use in their programmes.
- Access to skills development: HEALA works with its partners to provide them with training to become powerful champions for food justice in their communities.
