Feeding young bodies and minds

Kudagama, in Sri Lanka's Anaradhapura District, is a village of straw-roofed huts and bare-brick homes. The villagers who live here are from one of Sri Lanka's lower castes and they have faced poverty and discrimination for generations, with harmful consequences for their health.

But now the area has been chosen by Plan as part of a new programme to improve the well-being of mothers and children. When the project started, nearly half of all the younger children in the village were malnourished. Today, that figure is around 35% and falling.

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