A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Roti and Rice: Examining Imbalances in Nutrition for Children in the Estate Sector
Featured image courtesy Amalini De Sayrah
RAISA WICKREMATUNGE on 08/28/2017
It’s 10:30 am at the Social Institute for the Development of Plantation
Sector (SIDPS) pre-school on the Strathspey estate in Maskeliya.
The
children, most of them around five years old, queue up – boys first,
then girls. The pre-school doesn’t have a toilet, as it’s located next
to a chemical store room. Because of this, the Government didn’t give
the clearance needed. They have to make do with an open sewer outside.
Then they open up their lunch-boxes. According to the mid-day
meal programme initiated by the Ministry of Education in 2010, these
children are supposed to be provided with food and a glass of milk. But
this school hasn’t received funds for the mid-day meal for over a year
now – a 2015 World Bank report flagged the need for a National School Feeding Policy which could have helped avoid this.
But the teachers point out two students – one of them has roti and a
banana for lunch, while another has instant noodles. Both these
contravene the recommended nutrition plan tacked up on the school wall.
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