Monday, September 02, 2013

Hungry Spanish pupils flock to summer school for free lunch...

Children from needy families in Spain are attending summer schools in order to get lunch each day. Any food that is leftover is given to the parents with the schools providing a lifeline for families affected by the Spanish economic crisis.

While other children are at the beach or campsite for their summer holidays, eight-year-old Jose Alberto is back in the classroom in the August heat.

He comes to learn and play, but above all for the free lunch, a lifeline for many poor families hit by Spain's recession.

"Things are going very badly and we need this help," says his mother, Margarita Barco, 45, arriving to pick him up from this school in the southern city of Seville.

 "I am happy with a chunk of bread, but children need to eat meat and fish. They need nutrition." Full story...

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