Today we attended an event convened by Unilever Nigeria, a supporter of our #ItStartsWithMe campaign. Unilever Nigeria partnered with Lagos Business School to host the interactive session with Unilever Plc’s Global CEO, Mr.Paul Polman. The event took place in Lagos and focused on operating businesses in a sustainable and responsible way. Here are some of the […]
Today we did our final #ItStartsWithMe school visit before school ends across Lagos state for summer holidays. It was a very special visit because we went to State Senior Grammar School in Surulere, a school for hearing impaired students. To help us communicate with the students, a teacher used sign language to translate our talk. This helped […]
This tropical disease affects the skin and bones and the spiral bacteria that cause it are closely related to the bacteria that cause the sexually transmitted disease syphilis Name Yaws Transmission Yaws is part of a group of chronic bacterial infections called treponematoses The sexually transmitted disease syphilis is also part of this group, but yaws […]
Another day, another #ItStartsWithMe school visit, and more happy students ready to stay clean and healthy with the products Unilever Nigeria kindly donated to DRASA for this school campaign. Check them out: Today at New Era Senior High School we spoke to the students about the importance of washing their hands and keeping good hygiene habits. […]
The girls at Surulere Girls’ Secondary School were active participants in today’s #ItStartsWithMe school visit. Check out two students posing with our “Clean Hands Save Lives” banner: The students were very eager to volunteer and after learning a bit from us, they took the microphone and led us through the rest of the visit. They were happy to […]
These parasitic worms are known as “fiery serpents” for the sensation they cause Name Guinea Worm Disease (also known as dracunculiasis) Transmission The disease is caused by a parasite – a worm known as the Guinea worm which is transmitted to humans through contaminated drinking water When someone drinks from a source contaminated with the Guinea worm […]