To commemorate the 2022 National Child Health Day, TVC Communications, owners of TVC News, TVC, Max FM (Lagos and Abuja) and Adaba FM, yesterday, donated food and household items to families in Monkey Village, Ikeja.

Residents of the low-income community were handy to receive the goods at the outreach organised by the multimedia outfit to mark this year’s celebration, with the theme, ‘Healthy Child, Healthy Future’.

According to Head of Corporate Communications, PR and Digital for TVC Communications, Mabel Adeteye, the gesture is part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) tradition founded on educational and environmental sustainability, as well as child health and welfare.

She pledged TVC’s continued commitment to improve a lot of less-privileged persons and communities in line with the Sustainable Development Goal Number Three (SDG-3) of Good Health and Well-being.

She said: “In accordance with our CSR initiatives one of which is Child Health and Welfare, it is important that we continue to show love and concern to children, privileged and less, we believe that they are the future of the nation.”

On his part, facility and logistics specialist at TVC, Yisa Oladosu, said, “It is what we invest in these children’s lives today that we can hope to reap in the future. By contributing to their health and wellness, we should expect a happy tomorrow.”

Among the beneficiaries at Monkey Village was Monsurat Abolarin, who expressed her gratitude to the organisation, and said she looked forward to preparing nutritious breakfasts for her grandchildren to help sustain them through school days.

Also, a community leader at the village, Mesa Dew, expressed gratitude for the gesture, saying that the items he got would go a long way for his family.

“I thank TVC Communications for coming to show us love today. These items would go some way in providing nutrition for our children, as well as relieving the financial burden on us, the parents and guardians.”

According to UNICEF, 46 per cent of Nigeria’s almost 200 million people are age 15 or under with 31 million under 5. While about 7 million babies are born each year, the country has the world’s 4th highest maternal mortality rate of 576 per 100,000 live births.