More than 1,000 children were sick for free school lunch.

According to authorities, more than 1,000 children were sick this week for lunch in Indonesia.

Yuyun Sarihotima, head of West Java’s Cipongkor Community Health Center, said that the number of total poisoning victims recorded between Monday and Wednesday in the BBC Indonesia reached 1,171.

Last week, 800 students were addicted to West Java and Central Sulawesi.

PRABOWO Chairman has created a nutritious meal program, which aims to provide free lunch to 80 million schools.

However, due to mass food poisoning accidents, non -governmental organizations demanded the authorities to stop the program due to health problems.

Muhaimin iskandar, the minister of community strengthening, said on Wednesday that “there is no plan to stop it.”

Recently, victims of outbreak complained about abdominal pain, dizziness and nausea and shortness of breath.

The previous case of food poisoning originated from the free lunch program was cited as a suspected cause of food preparation.

This week’s victims have a meal, including soy sauce chicken, fried tofu, vegetables and fruits, but the past addiction incident is associated with the expired sauce and the serving of fried sharks.

Indonesia’s national nutrition agency Dadan Hindayana said on Wednesday that mass food poisoning on the construction plan last Wednesday is the result of a technical error in the nutritional service department (SPG).

According to the National Nutrition Agency, the operation of SPPG in cipongkor is known to have been suspended.

West Bandung Regent Zeje Ritchie Ismail said his party declared cipongkor’s massive addiction.

CIPONGKOR is the first suspected case of mass addiction this week. The number of victims has increased rapidly to about 475 students.

On Wednesday, 500 students did not hurt after eating free lunch due to another mass poisoning of the aircraft.

National Narcotics Agency (BGN) reported that there were 4,711 free school lunch addictions from January to September 22. Most of the cases occurred on Java Island.

However, higher figures have been reported by Indonesian education monitoring network (JPPI). The NGO recorded that as of September 21, the number of victims of addiction has increased to 6,452 children.

“This abnormal situation should be temporarily suspended for the government’s declaration and thorough evaluation,” said Ubaid Matraji, a JPPI national coordinator.

Some demanded a change in the system, including a proposal to distribute funds directly to parents to prepare children for their children instead. BGN rejected this idea before.

The program that offers free meals to students around the world has been found to be effective in improving health, academic performance and attendance.

However, the $ 28 billion (£ 28 billion) version of Indonesia has been formed in the most expensive types, increasing the goal of food safety issues and intense anti -government protests.

Last year, the Free Meals Program, the center of the presidential election campaign of the presidential election, was pitched by solving the stunt. This is a condition caused by malnutrition that affects one fifth of children under 5 years of age in Indonesia.

Prabowo said in 2023, “This initiative will be tall and champions.”

Since his inauguration in October, the program has gained political points with other populist policies such as new homes and free medical checkups. His approval rating reached 80%after the first 100 days of power.

In the first stage that started in January, free school meals came to 550,000 students in 26 provinces.

This program is “good intentions,” and Maria Monica Wihardja, a colleague of Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute of Ishak Institute, said that there is no “evidence” of “extensive emergency” for free school meals.

According to a national survey in 2024, less than 1% of Indonesian households spent at least one day without meals last year.

Program costs were not a problem.

Indonesia has raised more than $ 1 billion for free school meals this year.

In contrast, India spends $ 1.5 billion annually to supply 120 million children to the world’s largest program. Brazilian versions are almost the same and provide services to about 40 million students.

The defenders of the program argued that the program was approved and secured as a 2026 -week budget that had already passed.

But experts warned that huge costs could lead to different concerns.

Muhammad Rafi Bakri, a research analyst of the Indonesian Audit Committee, said that Indonesia’s large -scale social support programs are “full of corruption.”

“This program is Geumin for corrupt officials.”

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