Displaced children of Otodo-Gbame community who now reside in Iwaya, Makoko and Onike area of Yaba Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, were full of joy when their nutritional challenges received attention from Newcastle Foods, a company that specializes in ready-to-eat Nigerian food.
Majority of the children whose parents could not afford to send them to school or give them three square meals daily, are being assisted by Linking Hands Foundation, a non-governmental organisation that provides them basic education.
Speaking during the delivery of another set of ‘Nau Nau’ ready-to-eat Nigerian food to the children, Commercial Manager, Newcastle Foods, Nsikan Udo-Osoh said inadequate nutrition is a serious threat and there is no talking about development when people’s nutritional status is ignored.
Findings show that between 13 and 18 Nigerian children die of malnutrition and related diseases every hour but school feeding programme remains one of the ways to make up for children that are marginally malnourished.
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