For one-third of Jamaica’s school children, the state-sponsored meal provided at school is their only meal of the day. Often, many of them will eat just half of it and bring the remainder home for dinner, which is probably shared amongst other family members. This is disturbing, especially at this time of year, when we are being encouraged to consume as much as possible.
From the Gleaner article:
Those currently being fed include 136,000 children who get meals through Nutrition Products Limited; 175,000 across all school types who get cooked lunches; and a further 211,000 who get Programme for the Advancement Through Health and Education nutritional support.
Currently, 5,000 of the students getting nutritional support from the State are in early-childhood institutions, with 206,000 in primary, all-age, and secondary schools.
Just wanted to draw attention to this horrible reality at this time of year, when excess abounds.
Jamaican Journal 
Is it that the Gov’t now needs to feed the nation? Is there no national food aid program on the island? Sad.