Chioma Umeha
Over 5,000 children and their parents
across Lagos, Kwara, Abuja and Abeokuta between September 29 and October 1,
2018 received nutrition assessment and support from FrieslandCampina WAMCO
Nigeria PLC, one of the Nigeria’s leading dairy company in partnership with Ask the
Paediatricians (ATP) Foundation.
According to the Diary Company, the effort was in
line with its community service to mark Nigeria’s 58th Independence celebration
in conjunction with Ask the Paediatricians (ATP) Foundation.
A statement signed by Ore Famurewa, Corporate
Affairs Director, WAMCO Nigeria PLC, said that the social responsibility
initiative supported by Peak 456 growing-up milk had a team of doctors led by
Dr. Gbemisola Boyede of the ATP Foundation did nutrition assessments using
growth charts.
The social responsibility initiative milk also did
sampling and gave health talks which had the participation of FrieslandCampina WAMCO’s specialised
nutrition staff volunteers.
Boyede, a consultant paediatrician at the Lagos
University Teaching Hospital, Idiaraba Lagos started Ask the Pediatricians
(ATP) Foundation as a group on Facebook on July 20, 2015.
ATP now has four major areas of focus namely,
Health Education Online Forum, Community Medical Outreaches, Health Seminars
and Workshops, and Support for Orphans and Vulnerable Children.
FrieslandCampina WAMCO is renowned for its mission
to nourish Nigerians with quality dairy nutrition. According to Zatur Hassim,
Head, Specialised Nutrition, “This is what drives our business and motivates
our people. These outreaches were deployed not just to conduct health checks on
children but also to teach parents how to identify nutrition deficiencies and
mitigate their prevalence.
“In honour of Nigeria’s 58th Independence celebration, we are once
again demonstrating our corporate citizenship of the world through this
programme that supports reduction in hunger, promotes well-being and partnerships
for development, all of which demonstrate the United Nations sustainable
development goals 1, 2 & 17,” said Hassim.
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