Child rights organisations question whether children are getting the nutrition they need during pandemic lockdown
13 April 2020 - 21:54Child rights organisations on Monday urged basic education minister Angie Motshekga to revive the school feeding scheme, saying its suspension is jeopardising the welfare of millions of learners.
But activists have questioned whether children are getting the nutrition they need, and raised concerns about the safety of the distribution points being used by the department of social development. Schools offered the safest and most efficient way to provide learners with food, said Equal Education, the Equal Education Law Centre, The Children’s Institute, Section 27, and the Centre for Child Law in an open letter sent to the Minister on April 10.
Neither the education department nor the department of social development had responded to Business Day’s questions at the time of publication.
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