By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - The University of Pretoria (UP) has launched its "Giving Month" campaign to combat student hunger and financial exclusion, emphasizing that community support is crucial for student success. This initiative, which includes the Student Nutrition and Progress Programme (SNAPP) and the Vice-Chancellor and Principal Scholarship Fund, aims to ensure all students have access to education and can perform well academically. UP is calling on the public for donations* of all kinds – financial, food items and spreading awareness – to help the thousands of students in need. Deidré Adams is the Deputy-Director: Fundraising and Alumni Relations at UP explains what inspired this campaign... 

* You can donate non-perishable food items such as long-life milk, canned fish, vegetables, corned beef, sugar, tea, coffee, pasta and cooking oil. Donations can be dropped off at Loftus Stadium or email Dagmar Khan at dagmar.kahn@up.ac.za