Schools are reporting more children coming in hungry. Food charity Foodbank is helping them fill their bellies before class.
Trays of fairy bread and vegemite toast, banana smoothies, fresh fruit, and bowls of cereal greet students as they enter the gates of Marayong Public School , next to Blacktown, in Sydney's west.
"You would not believe the amount of times that when we have children away and we ring parents they say 'I couldn't send them because we had no food'. "We've had an absolute influx of schools, ranging from all different socio-demographics, reach out," said Foodbank community engagement coordinator Taylan Redden.He said the school breakfast program was a priority for the charity because without adequate food children would struggle to learn at school.
"With the rising cost of living, interest rates, grocery prices, energy costs, fuel increasing, you've got to make choices.
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