Today I donated to Te Kura Akonga O Manurewa School. I donated colouring pencils, pens, pencil cases, whiteboard markers and more. I was told by a staff member that "as you can imagine we are in a very low decile area and parents would rather spend money on food and clothing rather that a book and pen." On the Government website 'Education Counts' (https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-school/donations-summary) I found that "Schools can ask parents and whānau to pay for goods and services they provide that are optional (eg pens and lunches) but it is up to families/whānau to decide whether to buy them from the school/kura or elsewhere." However since many parents are unable to afford these stationery items and purchasing stationery is not their priority, many children come to school without the necessary stationery items to learn which is heartbreaking and the lack of stationery items creates an obstacle to their learning. Emily.
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