Read their Statements
What they say...
“Poverty is…smelly kids – picked on, parents unable to afford to pay for products, wash clothes etc”
“Poverty is…going to school but schools not understanding difficulties families are having – shame and embarrassment for kids. Kids playing up at school and get in trouble because of family issues. Schools reacting to kids’ behaviour and not why they are acting that way and maybe kicked out of school.”
Definitions created by young people from Palmerston North
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