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Dut Alumni Mbali Gcabashe Thanks Dut For Her Opportunity To Study
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This document is a news article on the Durban University of Technology (DUT) website about DUT alumnus Mbali Gcabashe thanking DUT for the opportunity to study. It reports that she spoke at the 2017 Development and Alumni Relations Women’s month fundraising gala dinner on 25 August 2017 at the Square Boutique Hotel in uMhlanga, encouraging alumni and others to contribute to students’ financial support. The article states that proceeds from the gala dinner went to the “One meal once a day” food security programme and the bursary fund, and notes that donors can choose between the bursary fund (alumni bursary) and the food security programme.
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food-security donationOngoing
“One meal once a day” food security programme
Donors can contribute to the “One meal once a day” programme, which supports students’ food security.
- Who it is for
- Alumni and other donors
- How to act on it
- Contribute to the fundraising appeal and choose the food security programme as the beneficiary.
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proceeds from the gala dinner went to the “One meal once a day” food security programme and the bursary fund
student-support donationOngoing
bursary fund (alumni bursary)
Donors can contribute to the bursary fund to help support students’ financial needs.
- Who it is for
- Alumni and other donors
- How to act on it
- Contribute to the fundraising appeal and choose the bursary fund (alumni bursary) as the beneficiary.
Show the line this came from
donors can choose between the bursary fund (alumni bursary) and the food security programme
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eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal
Key Takeaways
- Organisation: Durban University of Technology (DUT)
- Subject: News article featuring alumnus Mbali Gcabashe thanking DUT for study opportunity
- Date of article: Aug 31, 2017
- Event date: Friday, 25 August 2017
- Event: 2017 Development and Alumni Relations Women’s month fundraising gala dinner
- Venue: Square Boutique Hotel, uMhlanga
- Speaker: Mbali Gcabashe (DUT alumnus; graduate of Public Relations Management)
- Fundraising purpose: to raise funds to eradicate students’ financial struggles
- Proceeds beneficiaries: “One meal once a day” and the bursary fund
- Donation choice: bursary fund (alumni bursary) or food security programme (“One meal once a day”)
- Named DUT staff in vote of thanks: Development and Alumni Relations Acting Director Zwakele Ngubane
- Additional named staff pictured: Zipho Chamane (Systems and Database Officer)
- Durban University of Technology (DUT)
- Mbali Gcabashe
- Zwakele Ngubane
- Zipho Chamane
- Square Boutique Hotel
- uMhlanga