The principal of a West Belfast primary school said he continues to be blown away by the generosity of the community, but fears that parents in his school may be going hungry in order to feed their kids.
Speaking to Belfast Live, Mr McCabe outlined his worries for the current climate, and offered support to staff, parents and pupils at his school."I thought that it was important for us as a school to recognise that, and not just for our parents, but for the wider community. The initial thought was to try and set up a foodbank ourselves within school, but quickly realised that a couple of things were going against it.
"When the cage is filled, we get in touch with the team at the foodbank, they come and collect it, and then we start over again. When we started this, we alerted parents to it, so that they know that there's help available, if they need it. Paddy, who grew up a stone throw away from the school, says when times are tough, the community come together and look out for one another. It's that generosity that he is now hoping will help families in the days, weeks and months ahead.
"One of the things that has always blown me away is the generosity of our school community and our parents in particular. Anything that we do which is charity based, the parents are there. My worry is that those very kind parents, will be sitting at home and will be going hungry in order to feed their children. There may well be children who wouldn't be getting the same range of diet that they previously had.
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