Children In Sri Lanka “Going To Bed Hungry”: United Nations
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Official figures in 2021 showed 127,000 out of 570,000 pre-school students nationwide were malnourished.Colombo: Children in Sri Lanka are "going to bed hungry" because of the island nation's economic crisis, the UN said Friday, warning other South Asian countries could be approaching similar shortages.Sri Lanka is grappling with its worst downturn on record after running out of foreign currency to buy imports, leaving scarce supplies of food, fuel and other essentials.The crisis was being acutely felt by families who were "skipping regular meals" because kitchen staples were becoming unaffordable, said George Laryea-Adjei, the South Asia director for the UN children's agency (UNICEF)."Children are going to bed hungry, unsure of where their next meal will come from," he told repor...