BY Seyi Awojulugbe
Cadbury Nigeria Plc says it hopes to impact 6,000 school children in Lagos and Ondo with knowledge on nutrition and healthy lifestyle.
This, it said, will be made possible with the aid of its new healthy lifestyle programme to be organised in partnership with Mondelez International Foundation.
The programme, which is a $50 million commitment, will run in nine other countries for three years.
“This is the first-ever Mondelez International Foundation-funded effort in Nigeria. The programme, which will run over a three-year period, is targeted at nearly 6,000 children and families in nine schools,” Amir Shamsi, managing director of Cadbury West Africa, said in a statement.
“It will operate in Cadbury Nigeria (Ikeja and Ondo) and focus on nutrition and healthy lifestyle.”
He said the foundation will partner Helen Keller International to teach about 6,000 children the importance of proper nutrition, physical activity and gardening through in-school and after-school activities.
Speaking on the partnership, Kathy Spahn, president and CEO of Helen Keller International, said: “We’re proud to partner again with the Mondelēz International Foundation to implement nutrition education and healthy lifestyle projects in Nigeria.
“We came together in Indonesia to improve the well-being of children and their families. We’re excited to now bring our combined expertise to Nigeria to encourage and instil healthy habits in children from an early age.”
Sarah Delea, president of the Mondelēz International Foundation, said the foundation has transformed the lives of more than a million children and hope to impact more with the addition of seven new programmes to help communities and improve the well being of school-age children.
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