The heartbreaking reality of childhood hunger.

Rent keeps climbing, utility bills come back with eye-watering amounts, and groceries have skyrocketed. There are parents who are working hard to provide for their children, but their budgets have never been so stretched and it’s getting tougher every day.

For some of these children at lunchtime, they make excuses about not being hungry when someone asks them why they don’t have any food—or worse, in their embarrassment, they skip school altogether so they don’t have to come up with an explanation.