World Milk Day: Peak milk celebrates with 65 schools

In commemoration of this year’s World Milk Day and to mark 60 years of nourishing Nigerians, FrieslandCampina WAMCO, makers of Peak Milk, celebrated with over 270,000 children from 273 private and public schools in Lagos State.

WINNERS: From left; Mrs. Ibiyemi Jegede, Lagos State Ministry of Education; Ore Famurewa, Corporate Affairs Director, FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc; Miss Chika Mbewu, pupil of Headstart Private School, Isolo (first prize winner); and Dolapo Otegbayi, Marketing Manager, FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc; during the presentation of prizes to winners of the Vision Nigeria Art Challenge organised by Peak Milk to mark this year’s World Milk Day.

Themed ‘Celebrating 60 years of Feeding Future Aspirations’ and to demonstrate the brand’s commitment to feeding aspirations, an art and craft challenge tagged ‘Vision Nigeria Art Challenge’ was initiated across selected schools in the state aimed at allowing children, with their Art teachers, to showcase their vision of Nigeria by using Peak cans, pouch and sachets to create a vision of the Nigeria they wish to live in.

Stressing that Peak milk is sure to make their dreams come true, the Marketing Directo, WAMCO, Mr. Tarang Gupta, said daily consumption of Peak milk will keep them healthy and strong to enable them achieve their dreams and change the fortune of Nigeria.

At the end of the grand finale for winning schools held at the Indoor Sport Hall, University of Lagos, Head Start Private School, Ire Akari, Isolo, won the first prize of N250,000, while Deby Niky Nursery/Primary School, Egbeda and Wellspring College, Omole Phase 2, came second and third and went home with N150,000 and N100,000 respectively for the renovation of their schools’ art studios to further aid the development of their artistic and creative skills.

Surprise gifts of Samsung Galaxy tabs were given to the top 10 art teachers who supported the children to create the different artistic inspirations while all 65 participating schools received N50,000 each for makeover of their art studios.

Recall that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) had, in 2001, created the World Milk Day in order to reflect on all the goodness that milk represents and since inception, FrieslandCampina WAMCO has been leading Nigerians in celebration as well as reaching out to consumers across the country through enlightenment of milk as an essential nutritional beverage for a healthy life style.