Topic: Food Security
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Wonder Woman: Easter as a time of reflection
In my family tradition, we never travelled or visited for Easter. The focus for us was that this long weekend was a culmination of 40 days of prayer, fasting and giving to the less fortunate. It included church rituals of prayer at home and weekly stations of the cross. Walking the journey of Christ on
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The Flash: Unemployment has increased food insecurity
Food security has been challenging as jobs have been lost and prices have increased as well which has made it worse than it was prior to the pandemic. My diet is less diverse but I try to change now and then. I haven’t started a food garden due to a lack of space where I stay
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Superwoman: COVID-19 work pressure adds to food worries
Since COVID-19 food has been too expensive and I get heartache every time I go food shopping because I have to care for my family and end up penniless a few days after payday. I’m able to buy what is needed at the moment, though I always worry about losing my job and not being
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Superman: Growing my own food helped boost my immune system
COVID-19 impacted food security in different ways because the food we used to buy every month before COVID-19 became expensive. Food prices are very much higher at the market and in grocery stores. To make things worse, we are stuck at home all day and that makes us eat more. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQvP9v0qANe/ My diet hasn’t changed
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Starfire: COVID-19 made hard times even harder
I spend a lot of time sending out job applications, I do my housework and play with my mini human. I think out of everyone in the house he is the one who gets the best menu because 70% of my budget goes to him. There is no time to relax, no playing music or
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Lightning: COVID-19 reduced variety in our diet
Ever since we have been burdened with COVID-19 and the numerous lockdowns, we have seen and experienced a price rise in most things, which has resulted in many challenges in our lives. We have had to reduce the amount of food we consume and the quality and variety of foods we usually eat. From six
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Dreamer: Sister is doing it for herself
Just like any other Christian based household, our Easters were always about family coming together but most importantly about attending church services and celebrating the resurrection of Christ. My Easter celebrations before COVID-19 were filled with lots of activities and outings. It was one of the times of the year that my family and I
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Catwoman: Easter was difficult this year
My Easter this year was difficult for me because I only got paid after Easter and I could do the things I usually do for my kids and my kids were not happy with the way things were this year. So, we only like, usually for Good Friday we usually have hot cross buns in
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Batwoman: Unemployment and high prices make eating healthy harder
Prices of food have gone up since the beginning of the pandemic. It became difficult for us to afford food especially because my mother lost her job due to the lockdown. The price of chicken and beef went up, also fruits and veg, which affected our intake of a balanced diet. Fortunately, I did not
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Batman: Easter during the pandemic
This year I could not go to my rural home as usual due to the pandemic, the best option was to celebrate the Easter weekend with my other family members based in Gauteng. Normally, we would go to our rural home in KwaZulu-Natal and have a ceremony – a traditional ceremony and cook traditional food