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Nestlé Nigeria recently marked Children’s Day 2023 by providing the children in the 30 Nestlé for Healthier Kids beneficiary schools with learning materials.
The company has been at the forefront of efforts to help children live healthier, happier lives through research, product innovation, food fortification, nutrition education and promotion of an active lifestyle.
The company collaborates with stakeholders to reach children every year through several initiatives including Nestle for Healthier Kids (N4HK), a school-based nutrition education program. The program aims to help children imbibe healthy habits including good nutrition, good hygiene practices, healthy hydration, and active lifestyles through adequate physical activity.
One of the children currently benefitting from the program and who is aspiring to be a medical doctor, Jamil Agbonika, a primary 5 pupil from Gadonasco Science Primary School Abuja, expressed his delight over the programme, which reaches 8,000 children annually.
“I have enjoyed the N4HK teachings in my class. I have been taught about the different classes of food, food hygiene, food nutrients and digestion as well as physical exercises. I have also learnt that I need to eat less of snacks and more of fruits and vegetables, exercise more and drink lots of water to be healthy now and in the future”. “My favorite topic is hygiene and the need to keep germs away. I have shared this lesson with my friends and family members, and they now know the importance of hand washing and proper washing of food before cooking and eating”, he added.
