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As part of efforts to drive awareness for good
hygiene among school pupils, Unilever Nigeria Plc has donated samples of
Lifebuoy soap to schools across the countries. At one of the donation site,
Oregun High School, the management of the Unilever enjoined the pupils to
imbibe the attitude of handwashing as a critical step to preventing them from
contacting diseases adding that doing so will further help them to stay healthy
as they pursue their life ambition.
Speaking at the assembly ground of the school
premises to sensitize the students on the essence of hand washing and the steps
to be taken to prevent any form of diseases, The brand building director of the
company, Mr. David Okeme explained that hygiene has become necessary
considering the danger it poses to the future of children especially as it
affects the realization of their life-long goals.
He said” Hygiene is something that is attached to
the future of the children. In many cases, they always lead to the death of
children. As a company, we believe that we have a role to play in ensuring that
they grow up healthy and strong to become the leaders of tomorrow. You must
take to the seven steps to good hygiene because doing so will help promote
healthy living”.
Speaking further on what inform the initiative,
Okeme explained that the idea stem out of the need to increase the level of
awareness as far as hand washing was concerned and also promote good nutrition
which formed the reason for bringing on the brand at inception.
He said” Lifebuoy is the world number one soap. It
came at a point when the world was in the midst of diarrhoea epidemic after the
Second World War. Since then, lifebuoy has been in the service of humanities
trying to actually drive the awareness of nutrition and the impact of poor
nutrition on children especially in Nigeria where mortality among children
between the age of 5 and above is extremely high. As a matter of confirmation,
it has been proven that basic hand washing actually reduces that incidence of
disease by more than 50%. What we are doing is to carry on with the purpose of
the brand lifebuoy. Secondly, it is the fact that we have just been through a
major health emergency with lifebuoy contributing immensely through
awareness creation and donation of soap to help drive the behavior. It is not
just good enough to tell people how to wash hand but to give them the tool
.That is what we are doing today. In Nigeria, we are giving a million free
samples of lifebuoy to children to help them embed the behavior of hand washing
. This donation you are seeing today has happened in key countries where we had
this health challenge across West Africa. This is how Unilever has chosen to
intervene to help restore our children with the right behaviours and ensure
that we live a very healthy life.
Asked if the donation is done only in Lagos , Okeme
disagreed saying that donations were taking place simultaneously across the
country.
He said” This is not a one shot intervention we are
doing .Lifebuoy runs a school program which goes to schools across the country
to teach children. So, we have that as a regular service. By today, we have
directly reached over 3 million school children to teach them the importance of
hand washing. We have an ongoing service to drive awareness in that area. This
is already happening across the country.
On her part, the principal of the
school, Mrs.Kuti Toyin commended the company and the non governmental
organization for the initiative.
She said” I think Unilever as well as
the NGO has really done well. You are aware that the ebola issue was really
challenging for us as a nation. By this action, I want to appreciate them on
behalf po the school, the state government. For me, this action is not about
saving the child alone but saving the world.
In his remarks, the representative of the
NGO,Mr.Opeyemi Odedere Save the Children, harped on the importance of hand
washing to personal hygiene stating that the intervention being made by
Unilever will go a long way to promote healthy life among the children.
He said” Prior to now, we have been hearing about
prevention against disease. But we all know what led to this campaign, the
Ebola issue which has been curtailed. But yet, we find it as an opportunity
to chase it away by making sure we educate the children on preventive
measures not only for Ebola built other diseases. This is an opportunity
to also educate them on the essence of hand washing, keeping proper hygiene.
Apart from the daily washing of hand, there are methods that are meant to be
used to be able to wash the hand effectively.
Omoni Oboli Shares Adorable Family Photos as They Hang Out for the New Year
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Cool and the gang! �� Happy new year once again! I see greatness
everywhere. The plan is for all of us to make it but anyone that digs a
hole for us will fall into it themselves! God has prepared a table
for us in the presence of our enemies. We will have
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Omoni Oboli Shares Adorable Family Photos as They Hang Out for the New Year
Her caption on the photo goes:
Cool and the gang! �� Happy new year once again! I see greatness
everywhere. The plan is for all of us to make it but anyone that digs a
hole for us will fall into it themselves! God has prepared a table
for us in the presence of our enemies. We will have
cause to dance throughout the year in Jesus name!
#wifemotheractressdirector #Weareroyalty #westaywinning
#winningisinourdna #TheObolis #Ionlyhavelovetogive
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