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

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