{"id":5944,"date":"2020-11-29T12:53:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T12:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/?page_id=5944"},"modified":"2024-11-17T07:55:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T07:55:45","slug":"programme-in-place-on-student-food-insecurity-hunger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/sdg-2\/2-3-student-hunger\/programme-in-place-on-student-food-insecurity-hunger\/","title":{"rendered":"2.3.1 Programme in place on student food isecurity\/hunger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000080\"><u>Student food insecurity and hunger<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Food insecurity is when you don\u2019t have consistent access to enough food. If you need help getting food or want to learn more about food insecurity, the following resources can help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000080\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Fighting Hunger on Campus<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Policy solutions to food insecurity:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;text-align: justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Aswan University has improved a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/about\/policies-and-strategies-aswu\/sustainable-food-provision-policy\/\">Policy<\/a> <\/span><\/strong><\/span>to end hunger. Therefore, Aswan University is committed to provide sustainable food and address students and staff needing this <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">support <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">according to <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #0000ff\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/University-Council-Decisions-21-23-24-meals-price.pdf\"><b><u>University Council Decisions for several academic years; 2020-2021 &amp; 2022-2023 &amp; 2023-2024<\/u><\/b>.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000080;font-size: 14pt\">Campus solutions<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;text-align: justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Youth welfare administration of each faculty determines the number of students, who are unable to afford the cost of food, and the university presents support to them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Meals are provided to students residing in the university dormitories.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The university council\u2019s decision to provide subsidized meals for non-resident students in the university dormitories.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000080;font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Food Security Program:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/food-security-program\/\">Aswan University has a &#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;text-decoration: underline\">Food Security Program<\/span>&#8221; for students, faculty employees and staff:<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">This program provides enough food of adequate quality through local production or imports (including food aid).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The program also allows access by individuals (students &#8211; workers &#8211; faculty members) to sufficient resources (entitlements) to obtain appropriate food through the appropriate diet, clean water, sanitation, and health care to reach a state of nutritional well-being where all physiological needs are met to achieve food security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #800000;font-size: 14pt\"><u>The services provided by the program:<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;text-align: justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">It provides meals for employees and staff at subsidized prices in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/about\/organizational-structure\/education-and-student-affairs-sector\/university-hostel-administration\/nutrition-administration\/nutrition\/central-restaurant\/\">Central Restaurant<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The Youth Care department provides Food Vouchers to students at subsidized prices and Free to university Hostels students.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The university rents cafeterias to restaurants to provide fast food<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The university has established a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/bakery-unit\/\">bakery unit<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>at the College of Agriculture to sell baked goods at subsidized prices to students and university employees.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Aswan University has established the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\">&#8220;<a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/fish-hatchery-at-the-faculty-of-fish-and-fisheries-technolog\/\">Fish Hatchery project<\/a>&#8220;<\/span><\/strong><\/span> for the Faculty of Fisheries and Fisheries Technology, where this project supports the fish farming process to help increase the proportion of fisheries and provide a permanent source of sustainable food within the university and the outside community<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Where the university has a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #0000ff\"><strong>&#8220;<a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/achievements-of-research-unit-for-the-study-of-tropical-plants\/\">Research unit for the study of Tropical Plants<\/a>&#8221; <\/strong><\/span>that works to increase agricultural productivity, raise its efficiency and produce new strains of plants that are resistant to difficult climatic conditions such as drought.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000080\">Collaboration<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;text-align: justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">In 2020<\/span>, Aswan University signed a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/aswan-university-signs-a-cooperation-protocol-with-the-ministry-of-social-solidarity-to-serve-students\/\">cooperation protocol<\/a> <\/span><\/strong><\/span>with Social Solidarity, with the aim of establishing a Social Solidarity Unit at the university.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">In 2021<\/span>, the protocol was activated and accordingly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/services-aswu\/community-services-aswu\/service-units-aswu\/social-solidarity-unit\/\">the Social Solidarity<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> Unit was established at Aswan University, which aims to provide direct and indirect social services to all segments of society. Rehabilitative, educational, awareness-raising, economic or therapeutic, whether this student is a normal or disabled student.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Aswan University signed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/signing-a-cooperation-protocol-between-aswan-university-and-the-ministry-of-irrigation-and-water-resources\/\">a cooperation protocol with the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> to benefit from universities and research centers to provide scientific advice because the university represents the house of expertise and in light of the waste of water resources with old irrigation. Submitting documents within the governorate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">In December 2020<\/span>, the university signed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/co-protocol-between-the-ministry-of-agriculture-and-land-reclamation-and-both-universities-assiut-and-aswan\/\">a cooperation protocol with the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Desert Research Center &#8211; Land, Water and Environment Research Institute &#8211; General Authority for Reconstruction and Agricultural Development Projects regarding cooperation in the areas of land classification inventory.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">In December 2020<\/span>, the university\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/the-minister-of-manpower-participates-with-500-students-in-planting-9-feddans-at-aswan-university\/\">Hangamelha initiative _\u201cWe will beautify it\u201d_<\/a> <\/span><\/strong><\/span>was launched in cooperation with the Ministry of Manpower and Aswan Governorate and activating the joint tripartite cooperation protocol between (Ministry of Manpower &#8211; Aswan Governorate &#8211; Aswan University) to activate the \u201cHanghmlha\u201d initiative and planting 1100 fruitful lemon trees at Aswan University with the aim of Occupy the desert and increase green spaces. Transforming desert spaces into green spaces and providing foodstuffs, infrastructure and basic materials for university employees and students, vegetables, and fruits. Where the university reclaimed the farm of the College of Agriculture on Airport Road on an area of \u200b\u200b52 acres to grow palms, grapes, and some medicinal plants, and planted 9 acres of lemon and orange trees to fill the deficit of these fruits. In addition to several sections to cultivate high quality Siwi palms, grapes and mangoes on 3 acres of various species of mangoes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The Faculty of Agriculture, Aswan University signed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/memorandum-of-understanding-between-the-faculty-of-agriculture-and-natural-resources-aswan-university-and-the-egyptian-gulf-company-for-the-reclamation-of-desert-lands\/\">a memorandum of understanding with the Egyptian Gulf Company for the Reclamation of Desert Lands<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> for the year <span style=\"color: #000080\">2019<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_5944\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"5944\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student food insecurity and hunger Food insecurity is when you don\u2019t have consistent access to enough food. 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