{"id":350779,"date":"2026-06-09T18:01:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/indonesias-disastrous-free-meals-program-for-kids-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T18:01:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:01:23","slug":"indonesias-disastrous-free-meals-program-for-kids-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/indonesias-disastrous-free-meals-program-for-kids-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia\u2019s disastrous free meals program for kids | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/9G3jD4DLDIU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Indonesia\u2019s disastrous free meals program for kids | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9G3jD4DLDIU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Indonesia\u2019s multi-billion-dollar food initiative to provide all school children with free meals has been plagued by gross corruption from top officials of its oversight agency. Introduced in 2025 by President Prabowo Subianto, the Free Nutritious Meals program was enacted to fight child malnutrition and boost local economies, but from the beginning, observers have slammed the much-hyped program for its inflated budget, poor quality and food hygiene, and accessibility. Now, after a recent corruption scandal, the government plans to \u201crefocus\u201d its approach and pledges for budget efficiency.  <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<br \/>\n#indonesia #freemeals #protest #dwcurrentaffairs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indonesia\u2019s multi-billion-dollar food initiative to provide all school children with free meals has been plagued by gross corruption from top officials of its oversight agency. Introduced in 2025 by President Prabowo Subianto, the Free Nutritious Meals program was enacted to fight child malnutrition and boost local economies, but from the beginning, observers have slammed the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":350780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[129381,138188,138939],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-350779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-food","tag-indonesias","tag-multibilliondollar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Indonesia\u2019s disastrous free meals program for kids | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Indonesia\u2019s disastrous free meals program for kids | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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