Walmart fights children's malnutrition

School kitchens will be built plus milk and eggs will be given to poverty-stricken kids

Walmart Inc donated 2.65 million yuan ($382,175) it has raised from its staff, suppliers and customers to a Chinese foundation in early January, aiming to enhance the nutritional conditions of more students living in poor areas.

The pledge to the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation is projected to help about 5,000 children to improve their physical growth, said the company.