South Africa

I’ve written my suicide letter many times: SA’s starving kids speak out

24 July 2020 - 07:00 By Leonie Wagner
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Times Select spoke to children whose survival depends on meals provided by school feeding schemes.
Times Select spoke to children whose survival depends on meals provided by school feeding schemes.
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The March closure of schools meant the nine million kids who rely on the feeding scheme would be without meals. 

Times Select finds out what the scheme really means for the nation’s children.

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