The PPS Foundation, one of Stellenbosch University's (SU) regular donors, has joined SU's first ever 24-hour Campus Giving Day to donate 50 boxes of non-perishable food items to stock food banks on our campuses. These 50 boxes each contain 36 packets and each packet can feed up to 6 adults, which amounts to 10 800 meals.
SU's Giving Day forms part of the recently launched #Move4Food campaign - a student led initiative that aims to raise R10 million in donations (cash and goods) in 100 days to ensure that for the next three years, no SU student will have to bear the indignity of going hungry.
Vuyo Kobokoane, PPS Foundation Executive Head, says the organisation is aware of food scarcity experienced by tertiary students and through partnerships with various universities, they have been exposed to a myriad of issues faced by students. As a result, the Foundation was able to narrow the area of focus down to food security, over and above their other interventions.
The PPS Foundation partnered with Rise Against Hunger Africa (RAHA) to contribute towards alleviating food insecurity experienced by students in various academic institutions. As part of the PPS Foundations Employee Volunteerism Programme, PPS employees at their head office in Parktown, Johannesburg, packed 25 000 food packs for the cause.
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Giving Day kicked off at 13:00 on Thursday, 20 September and comes to an end at 13:00 on Friday, 21 September on our Stellenbosch campus. Activities include a 24-hour spin-a-thon in the Neelsie Student Centre and a “Koshuis Rugby Derby" on Friday. Matie residences will also be involved in a telethon to request alumni to support the cause and SU has partnered with the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon taking place this weekend to galvanise staff, students, alumni and friends to #Move4Food.
SU Rector, Prof Wim de Villiers, who earlier this year participated in the Cape Town Cycling Tour to raise money for bursaries, will once again be sweating for a good cause as he takes on the full marathon (42,2 km) to fight student hunger on our campuses.
