Incheon City Provides Lunch to Children Unable to Receive School Meals Due to Online Classes
Meal Cards Worth 5,000 Won Distributed to 1,000 People
A staff member is disinfecting tables and partitions in the cafeteria of an elementary school in Seoul. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon City will provide lunch to children facing food insecurity who have been left out of school meals due to online classes caused by the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).
Despite the reopening of schools, the city announced on the 9th that it will provide either a meal card worth 5,000 KRW or lunchbox delivery from this month until the end of the year to 1,000 children who have not been able to receive free school meals five days a week due to alternate-day or alternate-week attendance.
To this end, the city has allocated 700 million KRW in the second supplementary budget and submitted it to the city council.
In addition, in consultation with the City Office of Education, children using emergency care at local children's centers who are not eligible for school meal support and thus do not receive lunch will be provided meals during the semester using the education office’s budget.
The City Office of Education’s criteria for children facing food insecurity include basic livelihood security recipients, near-poverty groups, single-parent families, households with income below 52% of the median, children recommended by school principals, and recognized refugees. The city’s criteria add emergency welfare recipients and children without guardians.
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An official from Incheon City stated, "We reflected the related budget in the supplementary budget to resolve the situation where children facing food insecurity cannot receive school meals due to staggered classes aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19," adding, "We plan to support children’s meals until the end of this year with the entire city budget, without any burden on district or county finances."
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