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A school girl sits at her desk in Indonesia amid a rolllout of a free meal program

A group of school children sit in a classroom in Indonesia

"Our children don't really bring their own food from home. Their parents come from mid-low income so their pocket money is small,"
she said.

A girl smiles with a tray of food on her desk in front of her.

A woman with black hair smiles at the camera

"Imagine our children getting chicken nuggets in their diet as a result of us working together with industries to get cheaper food,"
Dr Yen said.

A person unloads meals from a trailer full of metal containers with food in them.

A middle aged man is surrounded by children and women in a crowd

"It has to be taken seriously, and trials shouldn't be done in big cities because it doesn't reflect the Indonesian children's demography,"
she said.

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