GLENWOOD SUPERSPAR SUPPORTS DUT TO ENSURE THAT NO STUDENT GOES HUNGRY By Simangele Zuma
Glenwood SuperSpar has shown unwavering commitment to supporting DUT’s Food Security Programme, which aims to ensure that no student goes hungry, on a monthly basis with nonperishable food items since October 2019.
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UT’s Department of Student Counselling and Health’s Acting Senior Psychologist Miss Candice Leith said that the Food Security Programme, renamed the Phakimpilo Programme (Serve Life) in 2020, which the department runs, was initiated through the Dean of Students as far back as 2011. Leith expressed the department’s gratitude to Glenwood SuperSpar for their generosity. She stated that the items donated really help disadvantaged students at DUT and assist the department to provide an interim measure until it can assist the identified students further.
“Many cases of hungry students were identified and referred but there was no facility at the Institution to assist them, and it seemed to be a widespread problem. As of 2020, the DUT Student Counselling and Health Department houses the Food Security Programme and funds are dependent on staff member contributions, funds raised from the Advancement and Alumni Relations Office and food donations,” said Leith. Explaining how the food is distributed, Leith said that they first identify the student in need, who has to undergo a screening process where they have to provide a letter of
We donate mainly non-perishable items, such as canned foods, mealie meal, sugar, rice, sugar beans and sanitary pads. – Stefanie Steffen.
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