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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: School Feeding Encourages Students To Stay In School
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Published on 12 December 2011
  • Cooking For 500 Kids Five Times A Week
  • Looking Forward To WFP School Meals
  • Nourished Bodies, Active Minds
  • For A Bright Future
Cooking For 500 Kids Five Times A Week
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Copyright: WFP/Urmila Sajithiran
Cooking For 500 Kids Five Times A Week

These cooks, who are also parents of children attending Tharanikulam Ganesh School in Vavunya, prepare meals for 500 students five times a week. By cooking in the school, these women also receive food assistance for their families from WFP while their children go to school.

 

Looking Forward To WFP School Meals
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Copyright: WFP/Thevarajah Siva
Looking Forward To WFP School Meals

Most children at Tharanikulam Ganesh School don't eat before coming here.  Today, they receive rice, lentil curry and vegetables for lunch.

Nourished Bodies, Active Minds
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Copyright: WFP/Urmila Sajithiran
Nourished Bodies, Active Minds

 

These girls are able to concentrate and study better after their school meal.

 

For A Bright Future
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Copyright: WFP/Vinothini Ketheesan
For A Bright Future

Twelve-year old Sellathurai Sutharshan started school at Tharanikulam Ganesh the same year WFP started its School Feeding Programme in Vavunya.  His mother, who makes sure he goes to school every day, is a widow.  "I try to do well in school for her", he says.

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