Breakfast v Pies... part 3

Providing a proper breakfast for students of decile 1-4 schools is an expensive business. However, our most vunerable children need a good start to their academic day if they are to stand a chance of succeeding.

$11 million does sound like a lot of money and it appears that KidsCan CEO agrees.

"We believe that we can provide food for all New Zealand children in decile 1 to decile 4 primary and intermediate schools for an additional $2.5 million annually on top of what we already receive from sponsors and the Ministry of Social Development," she said.

Although Anne Tolley is pointing to schools who are already using their higher operational budgets to provide meals there is still much to do.
I take Annette King’s point about large companies to contributing more. All of us need to get behind such an initiative. Perhaps a matched funding arrangement will encourage companies and individuals to support this deprived generation.


If KidsCan says they they can then my vote is with them. They already have a proven track record in this area and if something is working well lets not reinvent the wheel. Besides, if they can’t then a name change may be in order.. Perhaps Lofty could suggest “KidserIthinkSo”.

Other reading:
Breakfast v Pie... part 2
Healthy Kids, Healthy Education

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