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Soccer star leads an awakening on child hunger in Britain

Jason Stephens remembers the hunger pains and sleepless nights following his release from jail in 2015. Unable to find work, he eventually purchased a food truck instead and sold burgers on the streets.

Fast-forward to a cold night in Britain’s second coronavirus lockdown, Mr. Stephens drives the same truck into the heart of Cardiff’s most deprived neighborhoods, handing out a thousand hot meals to children. “I was watching everyone losing their jobs in lockdown and kids going hungry,” says the Welshman. “How can that happen in modern day Britain?”

Mr. Stephens cooks and prepares food donated by Asda and Morrisons, two of Britain’s biggest

“Let’s go feed children ourselves”An alternative to the food bank

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