There is such a thing as free lunch, for village kids  

廣西少數(shù)民族山村學(xué)校：從挑擔(dān)送飯到免費(fèi)午餐

剛讀小學(xué)的吳紅梅在學(xué)校食堂領(lǐng)了免費(fèi)飯菜，就和同學(xué)們?cè)诮淌依锍粤似饋恚�一邊談�(wù)撝�這次期末考試的試題。這是廣西三江侗族自治縣富祿鄉(xiāng)中心校本學(xué)期的最后一次免費(fèi)午餐，菜類豐富，米飯隨便吃。

Liuzhou (CNS) -- Wu Hongmei, a first grader in her village school of Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was discussing the final exam she and her classates wrote while having a free lunch on July 4.

Wu and her peers had a rich variety of dishes to choose from, and as much rice as they can eat, thanks to a free lunch program for underprivileged rural children in primary and junior high.

Since the autumn term of 2008, the city government has reached 100,000 poor students with this nutritional outreach.

Before the free lunch program, most students had to wait meals sent from home by their parents. Several kilometers away from the school, parents had to team up and take turns delivering meals to their children. Generally, the trip took one and a half hours over the rocky mountain roads, and the same trek back.