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Help provide kids with nutritious meals and encourage pre-school attendance

18 Jun 2022

  • Little Flowers Pre-School needs assistance for its mid-day meal programme
  • Cost per day for a nutritious mid-day meal comes to Rs. 3,500 or $ 10
  • Ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka sees drop in school attendance due to lack of food
By Marianne David The ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka has resulted in shortages of essentials across the board and this has had a huge impact on children, especially underprivileged children, with education and nutrition being impacted. Schools in the country have been recording a decrease in attendance, with the main reason being the lack of food. Having observed that parents were struggling to give their children a good mid-day meal and to encourage pre-school attendance, the Little Flowers Pre-School in Wattegama, Kandy has been carrying out a mid-day meal programme at the school for over a month. The meals, which are sponsored by donors, provide the little ones with proper nutrition and ensure that they stay in school. However, the school needs support to ensure that the programme can be continued. According to Principal Sriyanthi Chandrika, all the students are from families facing economic difficulties during this time. Due to the pandemic in the last two years and the current economic crisis, rural families have been facing an extremely difficult time and in the last few months children’s pre-school attendance has dropped significantly, she pointed out. “It was clear to us that the parents found it extremely difficult to provide a nourishing meal for these little ones. We are trying to make sure that our little ones continue to receive their education and nutritious food, so we started providing our children with a nutritious mid-day meal,” she added. The school’s Principal revealed that on most days many children would bring only one curry and rice: “Some days it was pumpkin and rice. On other days it was beans and rice. We wanted to make sure that the children were able to get the necessary balanced meal at this crucial age in their development and to encourage parents to send them to pre-school. We should not go back to an era when children stay away from school because they cannot bring their meal or are ashamed to send a humble, simple meal,” she emphasised. The Little Flowers Pre-School providing a free, nutritious mid-day meal for its students has been a great relief for parents as well as children. The cost of a meal comes to around Rs. 3,500 – or 10 dollars – per day. “If you would like to provide a meal for these children, to both fill their little tummies, and to make sure that they continue to attend school, please get in touch with us. We are all in this together, and we need to help each other during these difficult times. We are also planning to give 10 free scholarships to deserving children from next month,” added the Principal. An online fundraiser carried out a few days ago resulted in the raising of sufficient funds for meals for the next three months, however assistance is needed thereafter to continue the free meal programme and ensure the children stay in school and receive the education and nutrition they need. Little Flowers Nursery is a bilingual pre-childhood development centre located in Wattegama, Kandy. It was established in 1998. Classes for children between the ages of two-and-a-half to five are held in both Sinhala and English mediums and the school also offers day-care facilities. It is located at the Wattegama YMBA building.  To help, please reach out via its FB page: https://www.facebook.com/littleflowersnurserywattegama or telephone 071 704 1685.    

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