The students and management of Cherry Land Royal School and Divine Redeemer Academy in Benin City, Edo State, have commended the Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) for its Health Awareness sensitisation in the schools.
LAPO, through its community health outreach in Benin, sensitised the female students of the two schools on the need for them to be hygiene and sanity conscious.
The Organisation also tasked the students to shun unhealthy practices and company which could be detrimental to their future, just as it advised them not to lose focus in life.
Commending LAPO for its Health Awareness exercise, the Director of Studies, Cherry Land Royal School, Eromosele Douglas, said the health awareness would further expand their knowledge about personal hygiene.
“This is what is needed in the society at this point in time when some parents/guardians are too busy for their children/wards. LAPO has taken it upon itself to further reorient the children.
“This health awareness by LAPO will go a long way to helping and giving the children a reorientation, education on how to go about some sensitive parts of their body. So, I commended LAPO for this”.
Also speaking, Mrs. Oke Tracy, a teacher with Divine Redeemer Academy, expressed appreciation to LAPO for the health awareness of the students, noting that the exercise would give the children more knowledge about what they may have been taught in the classroom.
In their separate remarks, John Gift, Olushola Miracle (students of Cherry Land Royal School), Bernard Trinity and Ewansosa Vivian (students of Divine Redeemer Academy), said the exercise has further broadened their knowledge about the issue of girl child.
“We were taught many things about a girl child and as a girl child, we should be aware of our rights as we are useful to the society. I want to say thank you to LAPO for this awareness”, Miracle said.
Speaking to our Correspondent shortly after taking the students on personal hygiene, Nurse Omogiagbe Blessing, said the awesomeness would go a long way to helping the students in life.
“Most of these children do not know that using unhygienic substances like tissue paper during menstrual cycle instead of sanitary pads is detrimental to their body.”
Mrs. Jennifer Oviawe, LAPO Regional Manager, Non-governmental organization, admonished the students to avoid unhealthy company and bad lifestyle, just as she taught the students on how to make bleach, disinfectant (izal), toilet wash and power.
Earlier in his welcome address, LAPO Executive Director, Dr. Honestus Ayobami Obadiora, said that the event was put together by LAPO in collaboration with the Civil Society Action Coalition On Education For All (CSACEFA) to mark this year’s International Day of Girl Child.
According to him, LAPO has empowered over two million women in Nigeria through its various poverty alleviation programmes, adding that the organisation is passionate about the overall development of women and the girl child.
“A total of 25,235 women benefited from our Maternal and Child Health (MCH) programmes while 1, 165,741 females were reached with our social and health programmes including through our media channels and Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials”.
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