Reducing malnutrition in tea-picking families in Sri Lanka

A new day beckons in central Sri Lanka's tea estates. Mother-of-five and picker of tea, Marystella, is up at 5.30 am to prepare the family's breakfast in their spartan, tiny house. She gathers firewood for cooking fuel and prepares the breakfast of fresh rotis using wheat flour, water and a dash of salt. The children look on before changing into their school uniforms and gathering to eat. They add some pulses and tuck in. This scene of highland Sri Lankan life, amid the verdant rolling hills of the tea-growing estates, masks poor levels of nutrition among children living in these communities. In this video UNICEF's Mervyn Fletcher reports on a programme that is helping to feed children in Sri Lanka's tea plantations.