The project is being carried out by the Red Cross. “We hear from parents that they don’t have the money to buy fruit for their children,” says Heleen van den Berg, deputy director at the Red Cross. “While the children are obliged to take it to school. The shopping card helps with this, also because people can choose what their child needs. Whether it’s fruit or a hot, nutritious meal.”
57 Utrecht schools are participating in a project with free meals for students
