{"id":5954,"date":"2020-11-29T13:50:06","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T13:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/?page_id=5954"},"modified":"2024-11-17T08:55:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T08:55:29","slug":"interventions-to-target-hunger-among-students-and-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/sdg-2\/2-3-student-hunger\/interventions-to-target-hunger-among-students-and-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"2.3.2 Students hunger interventions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\"><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Aswan University is always working to end the state of hunger completely among students by providing free access to all sources of healthy, sustainable food such as:<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;list-style-type: disc\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Aswan University has improved a\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #0000ff\"><strong><a id=\"OWAa0ac3088-40c3-9288-39c2-d09f2eaa442d\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/about\/policies-and-strategies-aswu\/sustainable-food-provision-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">Policy<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to end hunger. Therefore, Aswan University is committed to provide sustainable food and address \u00a0students and staff\u00a0needing this support.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Aswan University provides support for staff and students with affordable food. Some forms of support that Aswan University provides, it is providing lunch bonuses for students and staff with subsidized prices, and for free in some cases, <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">according to<\/span> <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/University-Council-Decisions-21-23-24-meals-price.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #0000ff\"><b><u data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">University Council Decisions for several academic years; 2020-2021 &amp; 2022-2023 &amp; 2023-2024<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">\u00a0that assure students, employees and staff who have difficulty having their food, to have these service and support.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #0000ff\"><b><u><a id=\"OWA4e704295-34f5-7955-f37d-658ec4c513ff\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/food-security-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Aswan University has a \u201cFood Security Program\u201d\u00a0for students, faculty employees and staff:<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">This program provides enough food of adequate quality through local production or imports (including food aid).<\/span><\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;list-style-type: disc\">\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The program also allows access by individuals (students \u2013 workers \u2013 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><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">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><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Aswan University always strives to harness all its capabilities to achieve sustainable food self-sufficiency to meet the needs of students, staff, faculty and the local community,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b><u><a id=\"OWAe8b6359c-dabc-817f-781a-2821ca4daf3d\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/about\/organizational-structure\/education-and-student-affairs-sector\/university-hostel-administration\/nutrition-administration\/nutrition\/food-security\/food-security-program\/the-capabilities-and-infrastructure-for-the-purpose-of-research-and-experiments-for-the-faculty-of-agriculture-and-natural-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">through plant, animal, poultry and fish production farms<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/span>. The university sells the products of these farms to students and university employees. These products are also used in the food production process in the central restaurant.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The university provides free access for students, employees, and faculty staff to the university\u2019s\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b><u><a id=\"OWA29e8cbe3-da34-5a72-6ea9-7c1525062024\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/about\/organizational-structure\/education-and-student-affairs-sector\/university-hostel-administration\/nutrition-administration\/nutrition\/central-restaurant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"5\">Central Restaurant<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/span><b><u>,<\/u><\/b>\u00a0through which healthy, fresh and varied meals are served. Where the restaurant provides menus with the available meals, and the ordered meals are prepared after informing the restaurant management.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">And the university did not stop there only for services to eradicate hunger<b>,\u00a0<\/b>as the university established\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b><u><a id=\"OWA18f5f58a-f868-79fc-aa25-e1df92f1cff2\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/social-solidarity-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"6\">the Social Solidarity Fund<\/a><\/u><\/b>.<\/span> This program works to achieve social security for students in various forms of insurance and social care, and to work on solving the problems facing students and preventing them from studying due to financial inability. Hunger is among the biggest of these problems, the Social Solidarity Fund works to provide and support access to food.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The university is also working on exploiting the dry, hot, and harsh desert nature of Aswan Governorate, where the university has a <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u201c<b><u><a id=\"OWAe54247ea-736e-f405-74b6-fb1e7d95ed08\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/aswu.edu.eg\/en\/achievements-of-research-unit-for-the-study-of-tropical-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"7\">Research unit for the study of tropical plants<\/a><\/u><\/b>\u201d<\/span> that works to increase agricultural productivity, raise its efficiency and produce new strains. It is a plant that is resistant to difficult climatic conditions such as drought. Hot Spots \u201cusing the latest agricultural and biological technologies and methods.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_5954\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"5954\" 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>Aswan University is always working to end the state of hunger completely among students by providing free access to all sources of healthy, sustainable food such as: Aswan University has improved a\u00a0Policy\u00a0to end hunger. 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