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Friday, 5 August 2011


40,000 New Zealand schoolkids being fed breakfast at school

40,000 New Zealand schoolkids being fed breakfast at school

Around 40,000 schoolkids are being fed breakfast at school because their families are too poor to feed them properly.

Officials say that the problem is getting worse because the price of food has gone up by 7% in the last year, but the average wage has only gone up by 2.6%.




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  • sweetpea (Age 11) wrote on Friday, 5 August 2011 @ 13:39

    I have the same cup as the boy in the picture! I used to go to breakfast club. :)

  • x1bucket (Age 13) wrote on Sunday, 14 August 2011 @ 21:33

    i think it's good that the school will provide this, even if there is a small charge for the families to pay, the staff would have to come into school earlier than usual. (:

  • x1bucket (Age 13) wrote on Sunday, 14 August 2011 @ 21:33

    It is good that the school have a breakfast club!

  • 09AhmedA (Age 13) wrote on Thursday, 25 August 2011 @ 16:39

    That's bad

  • metoyou (Age 9) wrote on Thursday, 25 August 2011 @ 21:31

    I am glad that the school is taking good care of the children.:)

  • nueag (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 2 September 2011 @ 07:27

    yeh

  • chocolate8 (Age 12) wrote on Tuesday, 27 September 2011 @ 17:16

    IT IS GOOD BUT NOT TO GOOD THE PARENTS CANT AFFORD MUCH

  • hedgeis (Age 12) wrote on Saturday, 1 October 2011 @ 07:33

    Sure, thats nice of the teachers, I guess. Makes you wonder why their parents are not feeding them brekkie!