€28m pledged to help Sri Lanka's children

The UN children’s fund will spend at least €28m to help Sri Lankan children affected by the tsunami disaster to regain their future.

The money will be spent “to keep children alive, to get them back in school and give them hope for the future”, said Unicef Executive Director Carol Bellamy at the end of a two-day visit to Sri Lanka, where children accounted for 40% of the more than 30,000 dead.