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title: CARE milk gift poster, Ceylon (Tamil poster distributed in Colombo)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/care-milk-gift-poster-ceylon-tamil-1957/
description: 'A Tamil-language version of the CARE milk poster: a cuffed hand pours milk into a cup on a school slate over a map of the Americas and a yellow outline'
section: Collection
---

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# CARE milk gift poster, Ceylon (Tamil poster distributed in Colombo)

A Tamil-language version of the CARE milk poster: a cuffed hand pours milk into a cup on a school slate over a map of the Americas and a yellow outline of Ceylon. The text names a gift through CARE from the people of the United States to Ceylon's schoolchildren, with 7000 tons of milk for more than 1,250,000 children in over 6000 schools. The tell is transfer: the gift is credited to the American people through the hand and map.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (Tamil) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
கெயர் மூலம் அன்பளிப்பு
ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்க
மக்களிடமிருந்து
இலங்கை
பள்ளிக்கூடக்
குழந்தைகளுக்கு
பால்
இலங்கையில்
6000 க்கு மேலுள்ள
பள்ளிக்கூடங்களில்
1,250,000 க்கு மேலுள்ள
குழந்தைகளுக்கு
7000
தொன்
பால்
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Gift through CARE
from the people of the United America [United States]
to the schoolchildren of Ceylon
Milk
In Ceylon, in more than 6000 schools, for more than 1,250,000 children
7000 tons milk
```

[← CARE milk gift poster, Ceylon (Sinhalese poster distributed in Colombo)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/care-milk-gift-poster-ceylon-sinhalese-1957/) [Lao Military poster 145, flag and soldiers (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lao-military-poster-145-flag-and-soldiers-lao-vientiane-1957/)

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