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Some children & single mothers go hungry – Hon. Fraser
He was at the time speaking under “Other Business” on July 3, 2012 during the House of Assembly (HOA) sitting.
“Could you imagine having to study on an empty stomach, could you imagine going to school with an empty stomach? This is our community and it is time Madame Speaker that our Government take a different look at the way our social programmes are so as to make sure [to help] the individuals, not just children, but single parents who can’t make ends meet,” Hon. Fraser stated.
He declared that the problem is a known fact but people just don’t want to talk about it.
“In this economy, there are so many people out of work, people can’t pay their rent. Something has to be put in place; I am not saying that we have to go to the system in the United States where there is the welfare programme...but something has to be put in place. We don’t have unemployment insurance here, if you lose your job you are on your own, if you don’t have work you can’t find food to eat because you don’t have money. It’s not like you have food stamps and what have you,” the district representative stressed.
Against this backdrop, he made an appeal that the community needs to be taken care of and beseeched Government to look into it.
Premier Dr. D. Orlando Smith acknowledged that there are some social issues in the Territory and agreed that something needs to be done about the socially disadvantaged.
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