INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (PALAMA II project), implemented by Save the
Children, focusing on addressing short-term hunger in schools and improving educational outcomes in vulnerable urban areas in Sri Lanka,
expanded into Colombo-area schools this month.This initiative provides daily school meals, trains teachers, promotes literacy, and supports
local communities across Sri Lanka to boost school enrollment and academic performance.While the program has existed in seven other
provinces across Sri Lanka over the last six years, the expansion into Colombo is new and designed to address the needs of low-income
children in urban areas where high dropout rates persist, the US Embassy in Colombo said.The PALAM/A II program supplements the National
School Meal Program by providing daily meals to 16,231 primary students in 44 schools across Colombo, ensuring that these children have the
nutrition they need to learn and thrive.Meanwhile, U.S
McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.Ambassador Chung met with students, teachers, parents, and school
honored to be here in Maharagama and to experience a morning in your school
locally produced fortified rice and canned fish to eight districts: Badulla, Colombo, Kilinochchi, Monaragala, Mullaitivu, Nuwara Eliya,
schools and 23,200 children in 500 Early Childhood Development (ECD) centers across Sri Lanka, prioritizing the most vulnerable communities,
