Seven out of 10 SA children go without adequate nutrition
Child Welfare is worried that child poverty has become so normal in SA, people are no longer moved by children’s plight
While the country has made "important" progress in reducing the number of children living in food poverty‚ seven out of 10 minors still go without an adequate and nutritious diet. That is according to a report compiled by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in conjunction with United Nations children’s agency Unicef. The report‚ titled Global Goals for Every Child: Progress and Disparities Among Children in South Africa‚ illustrates that much needs still to be done to ensure children’s rights are realised. It was launched in Johannesburg on Wednesday. "Stark disparities persist between different population groups and across geographic locations‚ with child deprivations still heavily concentrated in the areas where the former homelands of the apartheid era used to be‚" the report says. According to the report‚ 12-million children receive child support grants‚ 470,000 are supported by foster child grants and 130,000 children with severe disabilities benefit from care dep...
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