Australian Children Going Hungry Report Finds With One in Five Kids Missing Meals ~ Mr-Khand News and Knowledge

20% of children in Australia are not getting food

Australian Children Going Hungry Report Finds With One in Five Kids Missing Meals

Dave McNamara, chief executive of foodbank Victoria, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), "I believe it is very sad for us as a society."

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1 child in 10 days is eaten without 1 full day
Children are more likely to eat than adults
5 children in 1 school without breakfast

Canberra: More than 20 percent of Australian children are starving in the last 12 months. According to a news agency Xinhua report, a 1,000 parent survey by Foodbank found that 22 per cent of Australian children under the age of 15 live in a family who have been denied food during the past 12 months. It was also found that one out of five children going to school goes to school without breakfast once a week, and one in ten children at least once a week is eaten without food all the time.

Dave McNamara, chief executive of foodbank Victoria, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), "I believe it is very sad for us as a society." They said, "The weakest in our community - our children are our future-victims and I do not think it's right, nobody can justify it.

It has been found in the survey that children are more likely to live without children than adults. But 29 percent of parents said that they should eat at least once a week, so that their children could eat. McNamara said, "Some children are eating paper, their parents have told them that there is not enough food and if you feel hungry, then you will have to chew the paper." It has been said in the report that due to the living cost, -The father is struggling to feed his children.

Nepal to move ahead of hunger strike

Let us tell you that a large part of the world is still a victim of starvation. In the context of India, according to the report released by the United Nations on hunger, India is also among the world's most starving countries. On the other side, Nepal is ahead in the list of countries ending hunger problem. According to the Kathmandu Post report, on the basis of the 2017 Global Hunger Index (GHI) released by the International Food Policy Research Institute on Thursday, Nepal is fast moving forward towards ending hunger in our country.

Nepal has now come under the 'moderate' list of 'serious' by bringing a reduction in child malnutrition and child mortality in this case. According to the report, Nepal's GHI score was 42.5 in 1992 and in 2017 this had reduced to 22. GHI does not calculate it in countries with rich countries and small population. In 2000, Nepal's GHI score was in the category of danger. In the GHI list of 119 countries, Nepal was ranked 72st. Nepal was ahead of Sri Lanka (84th), Bangladesh (90), India (97), Pakistan (107) and Afghanistan (111th) with this place.