Nutrition guidelines for 5 – 10 years old children in Sri Lanka project
Strengthening the collaboration between CIC Holdings PLC and Nutrition Society of Sri Lanka to
address a long felt need of the country a memorandum of understanding was signed to
translate and validate the “Nutrition guidelines for 5 – 10 years old children in Sri Lanka”. The
event took place on 9 th November 2023 at Swastha by Link Natural, Colombo. Objective of this
project was to translate and validate the formulated nutrition guidelines for young children in
age between 5-10 years in Sri Lanka. The project was managed by the Nutrition Society of Sri
Lanka and funded by CIC Healthcare. This project will be completed within four months period
and CIC will join hands with the relevant stakeholders to communicate Nutrition Guidelines to
parents, teachers and target groups.
Participants
Dr. Dhammika Senanayake, President, Nutrition Society of Sri Lanka
Mr. Aroshan Seresinhe, Group Chief Executive Officer, CIC Holdings PLC
Mr. Jit Gunarathne, Independent Non- Executive Director
Prof. Anoma Chandrasekara, Professor, Wayamba university of Sri Lanka
Mr. Viraj Manathunga, Group Chief Strategy Officer, CIC Holdings PLC
Mr. Charith Gunathunga, Project Coordinator, Nutritionist- CIC Holdings PLC
Mr. Roshan Delabandara, Nutritionist
