Justice at the lunch table: pupils: Inside demand free meals!

Justice at the lunch table: pupils: Inside demand free meals!

In front of the parliament building in Vienna, the wind of change blows! Future Eating and Volkshilfe Austria impressively drawn attention to the terrifying catering situation in schools and kindergartens. "One: R of four students: Inside between 10 and 18 years, there is currently no access to a warm meal - a serious grievance from which the health and performance of our children suffer," said Natalie Lehner, the managing director of the future. In order to change these alarming conditions, the organizations are calling for an urgent integration of a free and high -quality school dinner into the government program of the next federal government. Ewald Sacher, President of Volkshilfe Austria, makes it clear: "The food in schools must not be a luxury! No child should sit hungry at the table while others eat." Together they demand clear rules for improved food.

call to justice at the lunch table

The action in front of the statue of the Pallas Athena, symbol of justice, asks the pressing question: "Justice at the lunch table!" In order to fulfill the requirements of the national action plan for the kindergarten, which obliges Austria to guarantee all children a free school meal every day by 2030, quick action is required. Despite the measures taken, progress was left out, which the activists are disappointed. A current study by the Sipcan pension fund provides the need for this claim. Sacher also underlines that free school meals have been proven to improve health, educational opportunities and later also the life income of children from low-income families, as well as the illustrated.