To promote proper hygienic culture amongst young people in Lagos state, Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc in partnership with Rotary Club of Lagos has launched a health initiative known as ‘Project WASH’.
Project WASH is an initiative that covers water, sanitation, and hygiene. The two organisations implemented the project by commissioning a borehole, washing hand basins, and renovation of toilets and water treatment plant at Edward Blyden Memorial Nursery and Primary School, Lafiaji, Lagos Island.
According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Project WASH is a project aimed at providing education, awareness, and funding to supply clean drinking water and sanitation education to schools and children in underdeveloped regions of the world.
Concerning this, the guiding philosophy of Sovereign Trust Insurance, and with regards to its Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives anchored on Health Safety and the Environment (HSE), the insurance firm has identified a partner in Rotary Club of Lagos, Lekki Phase 1 and Victoria Garden City (VGC) and has decided to put a smile on the faces of the staff and pupils of Edward Blyden Memorial Nursery and Primary School, Lafiaji, Lagos.
Commenting on the collaboration with Rotary Club on Project WASH, Executive Director, Technical Operations, Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc, Jude Modilim stated that the company was proud to be associated with the international organisation and what it represents globally in terms of creating enduring value for humanity.
He further said that the Company would continue to strive to give back to the society that provides the bedrock for our business.
Also, lauding the cooperation, the President, of Rotary Club of Lagos, Wale Agbeyangi on behalf of other presidents of the club said: “We sincerely appreciate this kind gesture, and we hope that the Staff and Pupils of Edward Blyden Memorial Nursery and Primary School will put to good use what has been commissioned today while also admonishing other corporate organisations to join the wagon of progress by supporting such and other initiatives that would make the world a better place for all to live in.”
The Lagos State Commissioner for Education Folashade Adefisayo was represented by Assistant Director in the Ministry of Education, District 1, Folashade Adewuyi.
