{"id":6158,"date":"2025-10-14T18:26:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T12:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actfoundation.lk\/?p=6158"},"modified":"2025-10-14T18:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T13:09:12","slug":"nutritional-meals-program-vavuniya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actfoundation.lk\/si\/act-for-hunger\/nutritional-meals-program-vavuniya\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutritional meals program continue over the past 76 weeks at the school in Vavuniya District"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6158\" class=\"elementor elementor-6158\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a9cf5d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a9cf5d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fe0e83f\" data-id=\"1fe0e83f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b3dbd83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b3dbd83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The ACT Foundation continues our services for the students of Sinnadampan Bharthi Tamil Vidyalaya in the Nedungeni Division of Vavuniya District.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:columns {\"align\":\"wide\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"blockGap\":{\"top\":\"0px\",\"left\":\"0px\"},\"padding\":{\"right\":\"var:preset|spacing|30\",\"left\":\"var:preset|spacing|30\",\"top\":\"0\",\"bottom\":\"0\"},\"margin\":{\"top\":\"0px\",\"bottom\":\"80px\"}}}} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; 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This project would be a helping hand to the struggling society in Vanni, Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The cost of this program is sponsored by a kind-hearted donor group from Australia who provide the funds via Anbaalyam Inc.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:post-featured-image \/--><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ACT Foundation continues our services for the students of Sinnadampan Bharthi Tamil Vidyalaya in the Nedungeni Division of Vavuniya District. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Over 30,801 hot lunches have been provided to these kids over the past 76 weeks under our School Nutrition Meals Program. 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