Everyone is talking about a doco that was on tv tonight which show cased Child Poverty in NZ.
Talk about eye opener!
Alot of people are focusing on the people living in the houses, how many children they each had etc.......... no one is really talking about the state of the houses.
Cold, damp with black mold on the ceiling, walls and window cills. The question i want to know is are these privately owned houses or are these the government houses?
If they are government housing then i would expect them to be at least insulated! Just your basic living..... houses in general should not be built without insulation.
This made me start thinking about Government housing. obviously the people who live there need too. They can just afford the basics.
The houses are built for people who cant afford much and yet i see the land around the houses are usually barren.
Here is my idea.
Goverment houses should all have fruit tree's established on them! Imagine living in poverty in a state owned house, not having much food but being able to go into your own back yard and have a feed of the fruit that has grown.
I grew up raiding our fruit trees. weeks and weeks of plums, apples, grapes and fijoias. This not only saves parents a bit of money but it also helps children get their fruit intake.
Even in public places like a park having a section of fruit trees for the kids. of course this would be hard to manage but wouldnt it be magnificent being able to play at a park and then grab some peaches before heading home.
This is inline of having a community garden, which i am sure is a huge undertaking as gardens need alot of work.
What about schools, schools could have fruit trees?
Oh i could go on..... no child should go hungry, live in sub standard houses especially in a country like New Zealand. I feel ashamed to say i am a New Zealander for this one fact.
What ever government gets in i hope they take this seriously.
Talk about eye opener!
Alot of people are focusing on the people living in the houses, how many children they each had etc.......... no one is really talking about the state of the houses.
Cold, damp with black mold on the ceiling, walls and window cills. The question i want to know is are these privately owned houses or are these the government houses?
If they are government housing then i would expect them to be at least insulated! Just your basic living..... houses in general should not be built without insulation.
This made me start thinking about Government housing. obviously the people who live there need too. They can just afford the basics.
The houses are built for people who cant afford much and yet i see the land around the houses are usually barren.
Here is my idea.
Goverment houses should all have fruit tree's established on them! Imagine living in poverty in a state owned house, not having much food but being able to go into your own back yard and have a feed of the fruit that has grown.
I grew up raiding our fruit trees. weeks and weeks of plums, apples, grapes and fijoias. This not only saves parents a bit of money but it also helps children get their fruit intake.
Even in public places like a park having a section of fruit trees for the kids. of course this would be hard to manage but wouldnt it be magnificent being able to play at a park and then grab some peaches before heading home.
This is inline of having a community garden, which i am sure is a huge undertaking as gardens need alot of work.
What about schools, schools could have fruit trees?
Oh i could go on..... no child should go hungry, live in sub standard houses especially in a country like New Zealand. I feel ashamed to say i am a New Zealander for this one fact.
What ever government gets in i hope they take this seriously.
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