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Thousands of wholesome meals will help students

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THE University of Southern Queensland is set to distribute thousands of FareShare meals to internatio­nal students, as a means of support throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Director of the University’s Student Life Peter Munster said many internatio­nal students were unable to return home and had suffered due to loss of employment.

In response to this, from donations received by Woolworths and Foodbank Queensland, the University of Southern Queensland will distribute pre-cooked meals to support students experienci­ng hardship.

Mr Munster said the student response to the support initiative­s had been overwhelmi­ng across the Springfiel­d, Ipswich and Toowoomba campus locations.

“In the first week of the program we’ve received over 1000 donated meals, which will be shared between 250 students,” Mr Munster said.

The meals will be prepared by a skilled brigade of chefs and provided free to students affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic each week.

“We have supported our University community in several ways during this challengin­g time, including the $5.2 million Student Support Package to help with everything from living expenses to education supplies,” Mr Munster said.

The FareShare meal support initiative will see over 20,000 meals cooked and distribute­d across the greater southeast Queensland region to support students from 160 countries.

This initiative is being facilitate­d by Brisbane Marketing’s Study Brisbane program and has been extended for a further six weeks due to high demand.

 ??  ?? WITH HEART: Helping distribute meals to USQ internatio­nal students are Lazina Shrestha and Roshan Timilshina.
WITH HEART: Helping distribute meals to USQ internatio­nal students are Lazina Shrestha and Roshan Timilshina.
 ??  ?? Volunteer Vaju Mahzda helps distribute meals.
Volunteer Vaju Mahzda helps distribute meals.

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