Not bullies, but politicians are stealing Colombia’s school children’s lunch money
Not bullies, but politicians are stealing Colombia’s school children’s lunch money
written by Stephen Gill April 21, 2016
Several Colombian politicians and officials from the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF) are being investigated for stealing the lunch money of some of Colombia’s poorest school children.
Last week, a mayor and six more officials in the northern Colombian province of Cesar were jailed for the misuse of funds that were allocated for a school food program.
The arrests followed complaints about the minuscule portions of food given by the children, whose parents in many cases are too poor to provide for three or even two meals a day.
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Now the Prosecutor General has turned his attention to the western province of Choco where the funds from the School Feeding Program have disappeared allegedly to fund political campaigns.
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http://colombiareports.com/colombias-politicians-stealing-school-childrens-lunch-money/
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