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02/11/2004
8% of NI children live below poverty line
Save the Children have revealed that 32,000 children are living in severe poverty in Northern Ireland.
The report, ‘The Bottom Line - Severe Child Poverty in Northern Ireland’, said that 8% of all children in the province did not have the basic necessities of life, such as enough food or enough of the right kind of food.
Other figures showed that one-in-five children do not have fresh fruit and vegetables, one in seven do not have three meals a day while 40% live in households where the gas, electricity or phone have been cut off.
Sheri Chamberlain, NI Programme Director of Save the Children, said: “It is extremely worrying that in 2004 8% of children in Northern Ireland are deprived of things such as proper food, clothing and housing.
“Additionally, many of them miss out on the normal childhood activities like sport and even something as basic as having a friend round for tea. It is essential that we take action on this and create policy initiatives to tackle severe child poverty and support children currently living in these unacceptable circumstances."
The report, published on Monday at the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen's University, will be released in its entirety before the end of 2004.
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The report, ‘The Bottom Line - Severe Child Poverty in Northern Ireland’, said that 8% of all children in the province did not have the basic necessities of life, such as enough food or enough of the right kind of food.
Other figures showed that one-in-five children do not have fresh fruit and vegetables, one in seven do not have three meals a day while 40% live in households where the gas, electricity or phone have been cut off.
Sheri Chamberlain, NI Programme Director of Save the Children, said: “It is extremely worrying that in 2004 8% of children in Northern Ireland are deprived of things such as proper food, clothing and housing.
“Additionally, many of them miss out on the normal childhood activities like sport and even something as basic as having a friend round for tea. It is essential that we take action on this and create policy initiatives to tackle severe child poverty and support children currently living in these unacceptable circumstances."
The report, published on Monday at the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen's University, will be released in its entirety before the end of 2004.
(MB/GMCG)
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