In a startling announcement, the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Alleviating the Impact of the Economic Crisis has unveiled a grim reality – 56,000 children in Sri Lanka are grappling with severe malnutrition.
This sobering information, as revealed by the committee’s chairman, Parliamentarian Gamini Waleboda, is based on extensive research conducted by UNICEF.
Waleboda further emphasized that the report paints a distressing picture, highlighting that a staggering one-third of families in Sri Lanka are without reliable access to a secure food source. This revelation sheds light on a pressing issue demanding immediate attention and action.
