Child poverty: High housing costs, poor quality continue as factors, Government reports say
12 May, 2021 10:00 PM
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made addressing child poverty a cornerstone of her leadership. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made addressing child poverty a cornerstone of her leadership. Photo / Mark Mitchell
New Zealand s housing crisis continues to stagnate efforts to slash child poverty, the latest data shows.
The Government today released two child wellbeing reports, holding it to account on measures introduced in 2018 to reduce child poverty.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who is Minister for Child Poverty Reduction, said the reports highlighted most children and young people in New Zealand were doing well, with many improvements in key measures.
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May 12, 2021
JACKSON, Tenn.– One organization receives a gift that will help thousands of children.
Wednesday afternoon, the Exchange Club-Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse received a truck load of food from the headquarters of the Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints in Texas.
The 42,000 pounds of food will be distributed to each of the 20 counties in West Tennessee that the Carl Perkins Centers serve.
More than 60 volunteers met to help unload the food and load their own trucks to get the food out to children as fast as possible.
President and CEO of the Carl Perkins Center Pam Nash says her heart is full of joy and appreciation.
The ongoing struggles of being a single mother is something Jovani Mora knows well. Mora said her journey as a single mother has been far from easy, although her son does have a relationship with his father who’s in a different state, she’s the one that’s there every single day.