WFP Providing Meals To Thousands Of Sri Lankans Fleeing Civil Conflict

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that it has started providing cooked meals at a government screening point to feed thousands of desperate people fleeing the conflict zone in northern Sri Lanka.

"For many, this will be the first hot meal they have had in days or perhaps much longer," said Adnan Khan, WFP Representative in Sri Lanka, adding that a new wave of more than 3,000 people trapped by the conflict have arrived overnight at Omanthai. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) must pass through this government screening point before being transferred to temporary transit centres in Vavuniya and Jaffna. Read more ...