INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The World Food Programme (WFP) says 6.3 million people or three in 10 Sri Lankans today are facing food insecurity.Nearly two-thirds of
food-assistance agency said in a statement.According to the WFP, pregnant and breastfeeding women, children under 5, and people with
crop yields, the fallout of the war in Ukraine and a lack of state funds to pay for key supplies.The WFP pointed out that even before the
economic meltdown and the COVID-19 pandemic deepened hardship, Sri Lankan women and children suffered from far higher rates of malnutrition
than their peers in other middle-income countries.The agency noted that it aims to reach 3.4 million people with food assistance for which
it needs USD 63 million to respond to the crisis
This includes supporting 1.4 million people with food, cash, or vouchers.The WFP also plans to support existing social safety-net programmes
pregnant women in the country, whose struggling families include elderly parents and husbands working daily labourers.The statement went on
to highlight that Thriposha counts among other key government assistance programmes affected by the economic crisis
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