Feed the poor

Sri Lanka has descended into its worst socio-economic crisis in 70 years. A foreign currency shortage has crippled import of essential goods. Staples like rice, lentils, milk and cooking oil are slipping out of reach for many. Sri Lanka has the world's seventh highest child malnutrition rates and was second in South Asia for child wasting under the age of 5.

Two in five babies were not being fed the minimum acceptable diet.” [UNICEF]

https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/07/1122042

https://www.savethechildren.net/news/sri-lanka-more-two-thirds-families-struggling-feed-themselves-economic-crisis-wipes-out-incomes

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