Sunday, April 03, 2011

Starving New Zealand boy ate cockroaches...


"Crunchy and juicy" - that's how cockroaches were described as tasting by a starving 6-year-old boy, according to the agency that saved him from his impoverished home.

The desperate case of the Bay of Plenty child and his three siblings has been offered as a stark example of the degree of poverty in our communities.

And those in the non-government social sector say stories of extreme need are becoming more common as prices rise, incomes fail to match spending and tighter controls are applied to benefits.

Other support agencies tell of elderly people eating cat food, because the cost of food for human consumption has risen beyond their reach.

Homes of Hope director Hilary Price said the Bay of Plenty boy had told her how he and his siblings had eaten cockroaches.  More...

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