Feeding Poor Kids
Authors note: While a lot has gone off recently, this post focuses solely on one issue: child poverty, namely child food poverty. I tried to remain apolitical when writing this post, but morality and politics are so inextricably entwined that it just couldn't be done. This piece isn't a profound in-depth analysis of poverty and the root causes of it or how it can become a vicious cycle, or how it's a stain on humanity at large. Nor does it read like a well educated person wrote it, but it comes from the heart. From someone who knows what entrenched poverty is like. Please note I am specifically talking about England as opposed to the UK as a whole. Wales for example, has agree to extending FSM vouchers to cover the winter school breaks. With that said, let's begin. According to Maslow's hierarchy human beings have four basic physiological needs in order to survive; food, water, warmth and rest. We know what happens if these are not met, with over 3 million child
