For the first time in its 70-year history, UNICEF has launched an emergency response to help feed children in the UK impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
The United Nation s agency for children is to award grants to 30 local organisations through its Food Power for Generation COVID initiative.
One of those organisations is School Food Matters which will deliver 18,000 nutritious breakfasts to 25 schools in the south London district of Southwark for the Christmas holidays and a further 6,500 during the February half-term. This will support 1,800 families. The coronavirus crisis is having an unprecedented impact on children s lives their support systems ripped apart, their education lost, their access to food impacted, Anna Kettley, director of programmes at UNICEF UK, said.
For the first time in 70-year history, UNICEF to feed hungry children in UK ANI | Updated: Dec 17, 2020 17:16 IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 17 (ANI): Launching an emergency response, the United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF) will help feed children hit by the Covid-19 crisis in the United Kingdom for the first time in its 70-year history.
UNICEF is to award grants to 30 local organisations through its Food Power for Generation COVID initiative. One of these organisations is School Food Matters which will deliver 18,000 nutritious breakfasts to 25 schools in the south London district of Southwark. This will support 1,800 families, Euro News reported.
Since the lockdown began in March, the number of children struggle for food and for their basic livelihood.
Unicef should be “ashamed” of itself for “playing politics” after the charity launched a campaign to feed UK children during the pandemic, Jacob Rees-Mogg has said.
The Commons Leader told MPs it was “a scandal” that the charity had said it would help feed 1,800 hungry children over Christmas for the first time in its 70-year history, calling the move “a political stunt of the lowest order”.
The attack followed the announcement by Unicef on Wednesday that it would pledge a grant of £25,000 to the charity School Food Matters which will use the money to supply thousands of breakfast boxes over the two-week Christmas school holidays to vulnerable children and families in Southwark, south London.
Unicef should be “ashamed” of itself for “playing politics” after the charity launched a campaign to feed UK children during the pandemic, Jacob Rees-Mogg has said.
The Commons Leader told MPs it was “a scandal” that the charity had said it would help feed 1,800 hungry children over Christmas for the first time in its 70-year history, calling the move “a political stunt of the lowest order”.
The attack followed the announcement by Unicef on Wednesday that it would pledge a grant of £25,000 to the charity School Food Matters which will use the money to supply thousands of breakfast boxes over the two-week Christmas school holidays to vulnerable children and families in Southwark, south London.
Jacob Rees-Mogg accuses Unicef of playing politics over UK food campaign
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Commons leader Jacob Rees Mogg has accused Unicef of playing politics after the charity launched a campaign to help feed children in the UK.
The Tory MP said the charity was meant to look after people in the poorest countries and should be ashamed .
It comes after Unicef said it would pledge £25,000 to a south London charity to help supply breakfast boxes over the Christmas holidays.
Unicef said every child deserves to thrive no matter where they are born.
Unicef said the initiative was its first emergency response in the UK in its 70-year history.