April 21, 2022
Charity feeding hungry tots
KidsCan is facing unprecedented demand.
The charity founded 17 years ago by Julie Chapman provides food, clothing and other essentials to schools and early childhood centres.
Ms Chapman says the early childhood aspect has grown because there is no government-backed food programme for under fives.
“We were hearing more and more stories about how these littlies who really rely on that nutrition were not coming to the classroom, were being kept at home because there is a lot of whakamā in terms of not having food or the essentials to provide for your children,” she says.
Julie Chapman says for an increasing number of families there’s likely to be no food in the cupboard at night.