Breaking News English

Indonesia has a scheme to provide free school meals. It is called The Free Nutritious Meal Programme. Over 570,000 children and pregnant women a free breakfast when the idea started on Monday. Cooks in more than 190 kitchens in 20 provinces to cook and the free food. More kitchens will start as the programme nationwide. The plan an election promise of President Prabowo Subianto. He hopes to a quarter of Indonesians by 2029. This will $28 billion. Around 82 million people will get free food by that year. Mr Subianto to end malnutrition in Indonesia. Around 21.5 per cent of children younger than five years old from poor nutrition.

President Subianto about his hopes. He said: "Too many of our brothers and sisters below the poverty line. Too many of our children to school without breakfast." Many parents were happy. Hana Yohana, the mother of an elementary school child in the capital Jakarta, to reporters. She said: " God. This really us. We normally to work hard food every morning, but now we don't." Government spokesperson Hariqo Wibawa Satria spoke about the free meals. He said: "This a historic moment for Indonesia. For the first time, our country is a nationwide nutrition program for toddlers, students, and pregnant and breastfeeding mothers."