wayne hay reports on a region where kids are getting help from tough gang members with big hearts. >>r: it's first thing in the morning and these gang workers are busy at work. but nothing elicit is going on here just a military like operation to feed hungry children. >> very nice. >> reporter: every morning members of the tribal gang meet at this suburban home to make 500 sands witch to his deliver to schools around the province. the ideas came from the leader, who remembers what it was like to go without. >> if the kid grow up hungry they haven't got a good start in life. you start wanting what someone else has got and straightaway animosity is born. >> reporter: the program has been well received judge buying the thank you letters on the walls by 9:00 in the morning, jamie pink hits the road. saluted by his members who have now become known as the sandwich gang. on his tour he stops at 25 schools and hand delivers the lunches that will ultimately be given to children who go to school with nothing. new zealand's economy is doing better than most right know, but at the same time, the

wayne hay with more from sydney. >> certainly that was a concern that, there could be revenge attacks, reprisal against people in the islamic community, if this was seen as an islamic plot to take the people hostage. so we heard the story emerge, an encouraging story of a woman on a sydney train, and saw another woman, a muslim woman, taking her hijab off her head, her head scarf off, out of concern that she could face abuse following the siege that took place in sydney. the other woman approached her, told her to put it back on and said "i will stay with you, and look after you", and the that moment the muslim woman broke down in tears. the woman that encouraged her started the hashtag "i'll ride with you" social media campaign, which is gaining a lot of ground, a lot of momentum. encouragement at the way that the community in general will handle the fallout from the siege that took place. >> that is wayne hay reporting. hussain is an adjunct professor who focuses on islam and is an associate editor for the religion blog, religion dispatchers, and is with us in the studio. as we watc

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wayne hay met them. >> it's the first thing in the morning the the gangs are at work. there's nothing illicit going on here. just a gang feeding hungry children. every morning members meat at a suburban home to make 500 sandwiches. the idea is the leader remembers what it's like to go without. >> if the kids grow up hungry, they don't have a good start in life. animosity is born >>> the programme has been well received. jimmie hits the road by nine in the morning, saluted by the members known as the sandwich gang. he stops at 25 schools and hand delivers lumps that will be given to children that go to school with nothing. >> new zealand's economy is doing better than most, but at the same time there's a growing feeling that the gap between rich and poor is getting wider. there's a greater discussion around the issue of hungry children and poverty in general. >> the government has entered a programme providing breakfast to school children. they will not support a proposal before parliament to provide lumps. >> it should be the parent responsibility. we shouldn't resile.

wayne hay reports from sydney. >> reporter: the appeared of mourning and reflection is likely to go on for some time in sydney. increasingly there's analysis about the event in the heart of the city that led to the deaths of two hostages, and what, if anything, cap be done to prevent it happening again. there has been an increase in police preps, not because of any -- presence, not because of any particular threat but to reassure the public that the streets are safe. >> there is no intelligence of a like incident, but we have seen the look on the faces of the people in martin place, and there is fear. a strong presence is a way to assure people. >> reporter: the gunman man haron monis can be seen lo the windows of the cafe. in the final moments came confirmation from the police sniper that there were injuries. anti-terror laws to give greater power to agencies occurred, and at the same time police launched raids on suspected terrorists. the increase focussed on the possibility of terrorist attacks came in september as australia confirmed the participation in coalition strikes against i

. >> al jazeera's wayne hay has the story. >> the message is that australia is open for business despite the fact that this siege took place in the heart of the business district. in fact authorities were stressing that even as the siege was taking place. that the city was not shut down that it was still open for business, despite the fact that this was obviously an seclusion zone around the building where the siege was taking place. that seclusio exclusion zone isy in place, slowly but surely we are seeing that exclusion zone being reduced in size. some encouraging signs as we look tead at the days and weeks and months ahead, as to how australians will hand the fallout. we have seen religious ethnic tension in cities like sydney in the past but we have heard a story, about a woman riding on a train and saw another woman, a muslim woman who was preparing to remove her head scarf out of fear that she could receive some religious abuse from other people in the wake of what had happened in sydney. the woman encouraged her and to put her headdress back and said i will stay with you. now this

wayne hay reports from sydney. >> reporter: the period of mourning and reflection is likely to go on for some time in sydney. increasingly there's analysis about the event in the heart of city, leading to the deaths of two hostages, and what, if anything, can be done to present it happening again. there has been a notable increase in police presence, not because of any particular threat, but to reassure the public that the streets are safe. >> certainly our intelligence is there will be no other incident. we have seen the look on the people and the faces at martin place, there is forward. the best way to ensure people that they are safe is to have a police presence >> reporter: new footage of the scene is released. the gunman, man haron monis can be seen through the windows. confirmation from a police sniper in the final minutes that there's casualties. in recent months the government started so tighten anti-security laws designed to give greater power to agencies and police launched several raids on suspected terrorists. the focus on terrorist attacks came in september as participat

wayne hay has more. >> it's the first thing in the morning. gang members are busy at work. >> very nice. >> every morning members of the tribal gang meet at this suburban home to make 500 sandwiches to deliver to schools around the province. the idea came from the leader, who remembers what it was like to go without. >> if the kids grow up hungry, they don't have a good start in life. you want what someone else has, and animosity is born. >> reporter: the programme is well received judging by the thank you letters on the wall. by nine in the morning jamie pink hits the road, saluted by his members, who are now known as the sandwich gang. he stops at 25 schools, handdelivering the lunches that will be given to children who go to school with nothing. >> new zealand's economy is doing better than most. at the same time there's a growing feeling that the gap between rich and poor is getting wider. there's also greater discussion around the issue hungry children and poverty in germ. -- in general. the government and the private sector introduced a

wayne hay with more on the gang that is packing a different punch. >> it's the first thing in the morning. gang members are busy at work. there's nothing illicit going on here. just an operation to feed something. >> very nice. >> every night members of the tribal gang visit schools. the idea came from the leader who remembers what it was like to go without. >> if the kids grow up hungry they don't have a good start in life. straight away animosity is form. the program is well received judging by the thank you letters on the walls. by nine in the morning he is saluted by his members. on the tour he stops at 25 schools and hand delivers lunches that will be given to children who go to school with nothing. >> new zealand's economy is doing better than most. at the same time there's a growing feeling that the gap between rich and poor is getting wider. there's greater discussion around the issue of hungry children and poverty in general. >> the government and the private sector introduced a programme providing breakfast, but will not support a proposal for parliament to provide lurge lurges.

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wayne hi, a hay.. >>> more news on aljazerra.com. >> hi, i'm lisa fletcher and you're in "the stream." 9 million americans are taking prescription drugs that may have dangerous interaction. are you one of them? find out in the next 30 minutes. if you're like nearly 70% of americans, you're taking at least one prescription