Today we had the pleasure of hearing from a field worker with Sri Lankan Aid, Vitamin Angels’ partner in Sri Lanka. Nick sent us a letter sharing his experiences and giving us an update on the multivitamins and vitamin A granted by Vitamin Angels. 

"Tomorrow morning we will be clearing vitamins from port where they have been held for clearance. From there, we have cleared them to be shipped to IDP camps in Vavuniya. These vitamins will serve 4,000 children over the next three months, and hopefully we will also be able to collect information and supply other assistance if possible. An additional 1,000 children, mostly children displaced into orphanages, will be provided with higher dose vitamins, enough for the next 6-12 months. We are administering all of this through local medical professionals and synchronizing with NGOs in the area to prevent overlap. Although this aspect of our work is still panning out, we are enormously indebted to Vitamin Angels who was able to get these materials together for us on such short notice... We are enormously happy with the numbers of children we will be positively impacting."

Vitamin Angels is happy to be a part of these efforts, especially as reports have come in revealing the unfortunate situation of children in Sri Lankan IDP camps, particularly the government run camps in the northern districts of Vavuniya. Last month the BBC published an article which noted that malnutrition rates among children in the IDP camps is high. Families fleeing from place to place in the final stages of war without having a proper meal, is leading to malnutrition and compromised general health.

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