Mann: Our shame as children going hungry

It is truly shocking and sounds like a crisis you would expect to hear reported from a third world country however it is Mann (Isle of Man) 2018 where the Foodbank say children are not being fed at home - not because of neglect but because hard pressed families cannot afford it:

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/hungry-pupils-slipping-t...

The story shares billing on the National broadcaster, Manx Radio, which says the government is prepared to grant up to 20% of the annual salary cost to attract skilled workers to the Island.

It seems the Isle of Man government has money to spare for some projects as the plight of the needy is ignored. Meanwhile Tynwald address themselves to esoteric subjects turning their eyes away from real suffering.

The Isle of Man government prides itself on a sense of community and yet the evident need this story highlights is being left to volunteers to address. Sadly it also seems from the story that those volunteers are ‘thin on the ground’.