Just caught this on the news, this is terrible and it must be happening all over the UK, how can we just sit by and watch children get through life without the basic necessities of life? Obviously there is more to this than meets the eye when you delve deeper but none of this is the childs fault.
I didn't put this into the politics section because I thought it may get bogged down in point scoring which wouldn't help the issue.
Bex Wilson, from Leeds, started the charity Zarach after realising some pupils did not have a bed.
www.bbc.com
When thinking about what we do, Zarach is focussed on 5 priorities: Every Head a Bed Every Head a Bed is our commitment to help ensure all children to have somewhere safe and comfortable to sleep with good, consistent access to healthy and nutritious food in order for them to succeed at school...
zarach.org
Tragic, terrible, disgusting, etc , what you cannot do here though is take the politics out of this. You are correct it is not any child's fault, the State though is responsible for poverty and Governments can alleviate the effects of poverty without charity having to take up the slack. It is 2021 not 1870 when kids were sent up chimneys and slept on straw. We are the 5/6th richest country on the planet and this need not happen.
No kid should ever be without a bed, without a meal, without a warm decent home. It really is all the adjectives used above and more. How can we expect children to grow into fully functioning adults who have a decent economic output that benefits society without providing the basics needed to give them an equitable start in life.
It is a fact that inequality harms the economy, it is a fact inequality leads to poverty, children from impoverished backgrounds have less chance of succeeding in life and a greater chance of never reaching their full potential. Thats is wasted potential, one of these kids could be the genius who solves a huge medical issue, they could be the next David Silva, they could be just normal kids of course who work in a supermarket and raise kids of their own. We have to give kids every chance to succeed though and it is disgusting that some kids born with silver spoons in their mouths have every life chance whilst some sleep on a cold damp floor.
This issue is political, and every Government of all political hues should endeavour to make sure every kid has a bed, a meal , a warm decent house and a good school in a safe loving environment. If any government fail in this they are failing the most basic principle of humanity, nature and nurture. If they fail they should be ashamed and never be in power again.