In this day and age is it conceivable to imagine that in one of the richest countries in the world children are malnourished, and their families austerity on everything they can? The fact is that this disaster is today in Britain. The epidemic of coronavirus locked the citizens in the walls of the house, deprived of opportunities to earn their daily bread. On a whim COVID-19 on forced vacation left millions of workers and employees. Employees the British government ordered the quarantine period, a cash benefit equivalent to 80 percent of their wages, but not higher than 2500 pounds. Around the middle of June, a similar allowance must issue and “self-employed” citizens, including individual entrepreneurs.
meanwhile, it’s been half a month “self-employed” stay at homes without any means of livelihood. Millions of people are not require comment. Almost a fifth of British families with children frankly malnourished. In this scheme of meal vouchers is associated with debilitating walking instances, and the British charity “food banks” is not able to support in this unprecedented situation all sufferers. The number of households with starving children from the beginning of the quarantine has doubled.
the Latest data from the Food Fund Britain, exclusive of the Sunday weekly the observer, showed that almost a fifth of families with children in the last five weeks of quarantine could not afford proper nutrition. These families today have less to sit at the dining table, because supply often nothing. Given the fact that schools no longer offer their students from low-income families, free school breakfasts and Lunches, the poorest families now found themselves in an exceptionally difficult position.
the Government Boris Johnson has developed a program under which school students will receive free meal vouchers in the amount of GBP 15 per week – until then, until will not open again went to the quarantine of the school. However, this program does not properly work, since many parents are unable to download these vouchers from the Internet and to pay for their products. Today, 31 per cent of British children who are eligible for free school meals, have received no alternatives to their school Breakfast and lunch. More than 500 thousand children were thus nothing.
the Famous British actress Emma Thompson, who plays Professor h. C. mult Trelawny in the movies about Harry Potter, called by the observer, the Johnson government to give priority to children. Last year, Thompson joined young ambassadors of the food and the campaign “children’s Right to food”, held at the Prime Minister’s office on Downing��street. “It’s hard to accept the fact, and for some even hard to believe that in this wealthy country there are still hungry children. But there are millions. So far our government has not had a real help to those who cannot afford food. We need urgent support with income to put money in the pockets of families who suffer from” bitterly recognized the famous actress.
Thompson called to eliminate food poverty and to ensure that British children did not lack in nutrition. However, a year after these actions the United Kingdom government have not provided a formal response to extremely important for the country question.
the Epidemic of the coronavirus, multiplied by the epidemic of poverty, puts the UK in a difficult position. Approaching the country from the European Union adds to the fire logs. Forecast for the near future looks today for Albion not too bright.
