Rs. 330 m from Japan for school meals in north through WFP’s Food Assistance Program

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The Government of Japan has decided to provide Japanese Yen 230 million (approximately Rs. 330 million) as food grant assistance to the Government of Sri Lanka for school meals in the Northern Province through the World Food Program’s (WFP’s) Food Assistance Program.

From 2012 to 2015, the Government of Japan has provided food grant assistance amounting to 740 million Japanese Yen to the Government of Sri Lanka through the WFP in order to sustain the Schools Meals Program. Good nutrition is a major factor in physical as well as mental growth of children and supporting this program is of much importance to the welfare of Sri Lanka’s future generation.

The signing of the grant agreement took place in Rome on 9 September, 2016 between Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Italy Kazuyoshi Umemoto and Executive Director, UN World Food Program Ertharin Cousin.

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