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Nestle Ghana Limited, manufacturers of varying food specialties in Ghana have organized a Healthy Nutrition Education Campaign dubbed Nido Nutrition School Day in Accra.

The campaign which was held in Osu, a suburb of Accra saw a mother and her son, a pupil of Osu clusters of schools, winning a scholarship package of GHS 500 in this year’s Nestle Ghana Nutrition Education competition.

Nestle Ghana, since the inception of the educational outreach in 2015, has in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES), embarked on numerous campaigns across the various regions of the country including Volta, Central, Ashanti and Brong Ahafo regions to promote Healthy Nutrition Education as part of its commitment to Nutrition, Health and Wellness for the optimal growth of children.

According to the Managing Director of Nestlé, Mrs. Freda Y. Duplan –“Education plays an important role in promoting good nutrition and healthy lifestyle that contribute to the development of families especially children.”

She added that – “Mothers are offered the opportunity to learn about good nutrition through drama, interactive games and practical lessons”

Nestlé has made a global commitment to help reduce the risk of under nutrition through micronutrient-fortification and aims to reach 200 billion annual servings of micronutrient-fortified foods and beverages worldwide by 2016. In the Central and West Africa Region, Nestlé provided its consumers with 58 billion daily servings of micronutrient-fortified foods and beverages in 2015