Witzenberg Rural Development Centre

LED BY: Emma Goliath

MAIN CHALLENGES FACED BY THE COMMUNITY: Food security, farmworkers’ rights, women empowerment.

MAIN ACTIVITIES: Gender Equality; Early Childhood Development (ECD); food security; paralegal support; farm workers’ rights.

The Witzenberg Rural Development Centre has a strong focus on gender advocacy, helping women realise their self-worth, including rights to adequate housing. The LDA also deals with numerous enquiries for unfair dismissals, unfair labour practices on the fruit farms, unpaid wages and mediation. They have also set up two ECD centres in the local community.