Meet 7-Year-Old Kid Who Helped Raise Money For Classmates Who Can’t Afford School Lunch

Manley, a 7-year-old Primary two kid, noticed some of her classmates couldn’t afford school lunch, then immediately thought of a way to help them out.

A smart and amazing 7-year-old girl, EmauniJ Manley noticed that some of her classmates couldn’t afford school lunch and went home to tell her mum.

She then learned from her mother that other kids don’t have money to put on their lunch account, hence she figured that “She needs to do a fundraiser so that she can get more money for kids”.

Speaking with NBC, Manley said: “I saw some kids just eating a cheese sandwich”.

EmauniJ and her mother, who also works at her school, started the fundraiser on Facebook to raise money to pay the unpaid lunch accounts of as many students as possible.

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The initial goal of the fundraiser was $800 (N333k), but just a week after it started, it reached more than $4,300 (N1.8m).

Reacting to the little girl’s kind gesture, the school Principal, Ben Harrington praised EmauniJ for her efforts.

“It’s really cool to see a student who’s 7 taking the initiative to impact other students at the school,” Harrington said.

The Principal went further to reveal that out of 500 students, about 100 receive alternative lunches, even though the school system is doing its best to avoid it.

“Elementary school students have a $25 (N10k) deficit,” Harrington said. “They can go $25 before they get the alternative meal. Once you get into that deficit, sometimes it’s difficult to come back.”

The little girl, EmauniJ, who also became a published author of a book about having a positive self-image at the age of 5, is hoping she could raise more money to help her classmates in need.

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CREDIT: ALLSCHOOL, BlackNews