Program Addressing Student Food Insecurity
- Free Food
The Directorate of University Services at Oum El Bouaghi University offers free food to approximately 18,700 students and 2,200 staff members. This includes providing three basic meals; students pay a nominal fee per each meal, which is managed through a ticketing system for meal counting. These meals are funded by the Algerian public treasury, and it is guaranteed that they are healthy and balanced by involving university residence doctors, food service supervisors, and student representatives.
The Directorate of University Services at Oum El Bouaghi University also provides financial support to students regarding food security and fighting hunger. It actually offers free education, free meals, free accommodation, free transportation, and a financial grant. All of this support alleviates financial pressures on the student, allowing them to allocate their funds to other academic needs.
You can access the food service link at Oum El Bouaghi University here: https://doubouaghi.onou.dz/#/Services/1
You can review the legal texts governing the food service program here: https://doubouaghi.onou.dz/#/Autres/Texts
You can access the link for the higher education and scientific research system in Algeria here: https://alecso.org/cmae/algerie.pdf
You can also access the link related to financial support, grants, and transportation here: https://alecso.org/cmae/algerie.pdf
- Food Availability on Campus
Within our university, a chain of restaurants is in charge of the Directorate of University Services. These restaurants facilitate students’ access to food, saving them the trouble of leaving the campus during study hours and preparing their own meals in their halls. Oum El Bouaghi University has restaurants that are located next to the faculties; for example, map 1 shows the availability of two restaurants on the main campus.
Link to the first restaurant:
Link to the second restaurant:
Figure 1: Location of the two students’ restaurants of the main campus of Oum El Bouaghi University (A map address: 35.88219922109679, 7.092072136443502; B map address: 35.874790437436275, 7.0880058809988995)
Additionally, nine (09) restaurants are located near residence halls where students can have their meals conveniently. These restaurants provide food for students living in proximity.
Larbi Ben M’hidi University Residence Restaurant: This restaurant serves around 1500 resident students in the university district.
https://doubouaghi.onou.dz/#/RUs/25
Guediri Abdelrahman El-Ghazali 01 University Residence Restaurant: Catering to approximately 2258 resident students in the university district.
https://doubouaghi.onou.dz/#/RUs/26
Guediri Abdelrahman Al-Ghazali 02 University Residence Restaurant: Serving around 900 resident students in the university district.
https://doubouaghi.onou.dz/#/RUs/27
Khiari Mohammed Lakhder Ain El Beida University Residence Restaurant: Providing food for approximately 1000 resident students in the university district.
https://doubouaghi.onou.dz/#/RUs/28
Haciba Ben Bouali University Residence Restaurant: This restaurant caters to around 2000 resident students in the university district.
https://doubouaghi.onou.dz/#/RUs/29
110 Housing Units University Residence Restaurant: Serving approximately 610 resident students in the university district.
https://doubouaghi.onou.dz/#/RUs/30
Amiar Menouar University Residence Restaurant: Providing food for around 500 resident students in the university district.
https://doubouaghi.onou.dz/#/RUs/31
Chelouk Aldraji University Residence Restaurant: This restaurant serves approximately 500 resident students in the university district.
https://doubouaghi.onou.dz/#/RUs/32
Mohamed Hadi University Residence Restaurant: Catering to about 1000 resident students in the university district.