2 October, 2022
The United States Permanent Representative to the UN Agencies in Rome, Ambassador Cindy McCain concluded a two-day official visit to the North Western and Central Provinces recently. Accompanied by the United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung, Ambassador McCain visited several projects of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The Ambassadors, joined by FAO Representative to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Vimlendra Sharan, first visited a school garden supported by FAO in Kuliyapitiya. Here Cindy McCain and Vimlendra Sharan, in the presence of Julie Chung presents a pack of agricultural tools and seeds to Principal Lal Hemasiri to further support the school garden.