1 in 7 kids in America struggle to find nutritious food on a regular basis. You probably don't think too much about the uneaten food you mindlessly throw away every day. Stop taking your meals for granted, as 16 million kids in the U.S. scarcely eat enough to maintain a healthy weight. Child hunger in America is a real and growing problem because kids don't have the capability to provide sufficient food for themselves.
In Wayne, he has to survive with eating only one meal a day. His father also denies him access to drinking water. His father's reasoning is because it is too expensive to sufficiently feed his eleven malnourished children. At school, Wayne had to deal with watching his wealthy classmates dine on their extravagant lunches, while he has barely any food to make it through the day.
"The hunger was there all the time. I'd be eating my ketchup or peanut butter sandwich on moldy pig bread, while the kids all around me were wolfing down bologna, cheese, ham, and turkey sandwiches."
When the hunger became too much to handle, Wayne would sneak into the classroom at recess and steal bits of food from the rich kids' lunchboxes.
Child hunger can be prevented by having school's provide free and reduced lunches to a wider range of poverty-stricken families. Also, certain charities such as "No Kid Hungry" or "Feeding America" offer hungry kids the access to healthy meals. If you'd like to help end child hunger, donate to any of your local charities. Help a child in need!
In Wayne, he has to survive with eating only one meal a day. His father also denies him access to drinking water. His father's reasoning is because it is too expensive to sufficiently feed his eleven malnourished children. At school, Wayne had to deal with watching his wealthy classmates dine on their extravagant lunches, while he has barely any food to make it through the day.
"The hunger was there all the time. I'd be eating my ketchup or peanut butter sandwich on moldy pig bread, while the kids all around me were wolfing down bologna, cheese, ham, and turkey sandwiches."
When the hunger became too much to handle, Wayne would sneak into the classroom at recess and steal bits of food from the rich kids' lunchboxes.
Child hunger can be prevented by having school's provide free and reduced lunches to a wider range of poverty-stricken families. Also, certain charities such as "No Kid Hungry" or "Feeding America" offer hungry kids the access to healthy meals. If you'd like to help end child hunger, donate to any of your local charities. Help a child in need!