UNICEF: Tsunami 5: Building back better hospitals in Sri Lanka

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/sri_lanka_52256.html

AMANTHANAVELY, Sri Lanka, 23 December 2009 Taking shade from the fierce Indian Ocean sun, a crowd waited patiently for the UNICEF-built Amanthanavely Government Health Centre to open. Inside, midwives distributed nutritional aid to mothers of underweight children.

Despite their numbers, the line moved quickly and soon the mothers were appearing from the other side of the building, carrying bags of nutritional flour.

Selected children get the food, based on their age and weight, explained UNICEF Health and Nutrition Officer Kirupairajah Gowriswaran, who oversaw the operation..

In the next room was a smaller group of mothers whose children aresuffering from severe acute malnutrition. The women received handouts of 'BP-100' biscuits a therapeutic food supplied by UNICEF.

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• Tsumani
• Sri
• Lanka
• Amanthanavely
• hospitals
• children
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[Chuyneiu]

awesome vid!!