Providing essential nutrition for the displaced children in Northern Sri Lanka

A leading NGO is engaged in a supplementary feeding programme to address the unique and critical nutritional needs of children under five, and nursing mothers in the displacement camps in Vavuniya. The programme by World Vision Lanka has been designed to meet the specific high calorie requirement of the target group.

“In addition to the minimum standard requirement of 500 KCal, expected to be met from the general food provision, World Vision’s supplementary food programme provides the additional 540 Kcal required by children under five, pregnant and lactating mothers,” said World Vision Lanka’s Health and Nutrition Coordinator, Paraman Ramesh.

Nutrition is a critical issue for IDPs who have had little access to nutritious meals. Lactating mothers and children under five are particularly at risk after months of limited access to food of high nutritional value.

Every day, World Vision provides UNIMIX, a high calorie supplementary food and serves porridge to 1,750 children under five and 173 nursing mothers in five camp sites in Pooththoddam, Kovilkulam Hindu College, Sivapirakasa Ladies College, and Pampamadhu, Soodhuwethapulavu School in Vavuniya. Read more ...