Poorest kids are paying the price for the crisis – UNICEF
UNICEF regional Director for South Asia George Laryea – Adjei says the current crisis in Sri Lanka is pushing more and more families to take their children to institutional care facilities as they cannot afford to provide for them.
The full statement by the UNICEF regional Director for South Asia is as follows :
“As the economic crisis continues to rattle Sri Lanka, it is the poorest, most vulnerable girls and boys who are paying the steepest price.
“Sri Lanka, a country normally known for its rapid economic growth and booming tourism, is experiencing its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948. Families are skipping regular meals as staple foods become unaffordable. Children are going to bed hungry, unsure of where their next meal will come from – in a country which already had South Asia’s second highest rate of severe acute malnutrition.
