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Food insecurity is a complex phenomenon affecting a large number of South African households. DUT, as a microcosm of South Africa’s larger society, is also impacted by this problem. To help alleviate some of the food insecurity issues of DUT students, the Institution is engaging with civil society partners to assist students who have not received funding or are awaiting funding.
To provide interim support for DUT students in the form of food parcels or vouchers.
If a student does not have food, physical and psychological effects are evident, which, in turn, impact on the academic performance of the student. In counselling, it is difficult to assist with a student’s emotional well-being if their physical basic needs of hunger are not met. Not all students are funded by NSFAS, especially in their first year of studies. Students come from rural and poverty- stricken backgrounds in the hope of becoming the first in their family to obtain a university qualification. Many who have received help from this project have gone on to graduate.
Candice Leith – DUT Student Counselling and Health Tel: 031 373 2158 | Email: phakimpiloDBN@dut.ac.za Thokozani Sithole – Midlands Tel: 033 845 8900/2282 | Email: phakimpiloPMB@dut.ac.za
Current and ongoing
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