Etisalat Nigeria Sets up ‘Fight Malaria Clubs’ in Schools

As part of activities to mark World Malaria Day 2016, Nigeria’s customer centric and innovative telecommunications company, Etisalat, on Monday announced plans to commemorate the day by setting up ‘Fight Malaria Clubs’ across secondary schools in Nigeria.

This forms part of Etisalat’s commitment in the fight against the scourge of malaria.

The ‘Fight Malaria Clubs’ initiative will be established in Etisalat-adopted schools across  the country and is designed to educate secondary students on what it will take to eliminate the prevalence of malaria in Nigeria.

Furthermore, the establishment of these clubs will help to meet the strategic priorities and approaches that will facilitate the dissemination of advocacy tools and information for empowerment against malaria.

These approaches will include regular activities, which will be organized for the students such as training sessions, conferences talks by experts, internal and external competitions which will be used to disseminate information to the students.

Speaking on this initiative, Ikenna Ikeme, director of Regulatory & Corporate Social Responsibility of Etisalat Nigeria, said: “We have chosen to begin with two of our adopted schools; Akande Dahunsi Memorial Junior and Senior Secondary School and they will serve as a pilot for the project. We have also identified an implementing partner to drive this project and plan to roll out subsequently to our other adopted schools soon.”

According to Ikeme, Etisalat decided to set up these clubs in order to establish fundamental change in attitudes, and understanding of the harmful effects of malaria which result in the high rate of deaths in Nigeria.




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