News Bulletin of 15 July 2025, 3pm

This Mandela Month, the University of Pretoria is rallying support to fight student hunger through its UP Giving Month campaign.
The initiative backs SNAPP — the Student Nutrition and Progress Programme — which offers food parcels and hot meal vouchers to those in need.
Members of the public are encouraged to donate and support students' access to nutritious meals during their studies.
The campaign forms part of wider efforts to improve student well-being and academic success

Kusini Water is helping thousands of South African schools gain safe, clean drinking water.
Founded by Murendeni Mafumo, Kusini uses a simple filtration system to turn unsafe water into healthy water for students.
Since 2016, they have installed systems at 260 sites, including 60 schools, boosting health, attendance, and nutrition.
Supported by partners like the Coca-Cola Foundation and Nedbank, Kusini is expanding to reach more communities in need.
Mafumo invites companies and volunteers to join the effort and help bring clean water to every school.

In the Indian state of Maharashtra, bamboo-a fast growing grass that looks like a tree- is being used to heal land covered in harmful ash from coal power plants.
Dr. Lal Singh has spent 12 years developing a simple way to clean the soil using bamboo, which can absorb harmful silica from the air and ground.
This method has helped bring back 24 acres of farms in villages like Ubagi and Khapari, where ash had made farming very hard.
The process includes removing extra ash, improving the soil with helpful microbes, and planting the right types of bamboo for each area.
Now, the project is expanding to other parts of India to protect water and restore more damaged land.