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Once we finished recording season one of the SNAC podcast in March 2024, an opportunity to connect it with a second-year module in the Graphic Design department, in the School of Visual and Performing Arts, came up. In just under a month, a class of just under 20 second-year BA Visual Arts students were paired up to design an integrated campaign for the SNAC podcast. The selected campaign - and the icon you see on the left as part of our soft launch - were designed by students Jamie Peterseil and Catherine Joubert. You can view more of their design work on the links by clicking on their names. A big thank you to Jamie, Catherine, and every other student, as well as their lecturer, Mr Nii Botchway, who made this collaboration possible and bringing the SNAC podcast to life while staying true to its aim of being made for students, with students.

 

The Student Hunger Subgroup is looking at designing and implementing approaches to address student hunger that are student-centered, sustainable, and humanising. One such effort was hosting a week-long indaba in 2023 with lunch-time workshops to address the question: “How can Mandela University develop its own unique approach to student hunger?”

At the end of the week, participants were asked, ‘what next?’ One of the primary responses was to continue the conversation with students across geographical spaces and virtual platforms, disciplines, and campuses.

This podcast is our effort to do exactly that.

The name - Student Nutrition Advocacy and Communication (SNAC) - was an initiative started in 2020 by a group of students alarmed at the rising hunger amongst their peers. One of these students became part of the student hunger subgroup, linking our efforts with the original initiative. By using the name they developed we honour the work they did and our commitment to build on it going forward.

We invite comments and critical thoughts, and encourage you to continue the conversation wherever you are.

The SNAC podcast is an initiative of the Student Hunger Subgroup, located in the Mandela University Food Systems programme. For more information, contact foodsystems@mandela.ac.za

This podcast was recorded in collaboration with the Transformation Office’s Equality, Promotion and Social Inclusion project.

See the Hluma Indaba Report.