Murchison Bay Primary School – Luzira Prisons Scoops 1st Runner Up Prize in The Fresh Dairy 2018 Schools Program
Fresh Dairy has today rewarded Murchison Bay Primary School – Luzira with a newly renovated multi-purpose hall as its prize for emerging first runner up winners in the 2018 Fresh Dairy Schools Program. The renovations to the Hall were worth Seven Million Five Hundred thousand shillings (7.5Million) which is the cash prize the school won for building an office table and chair, which emerged the 2nd best creative model using 2,200 Fresh Dairy yoghurt cups.
Speaking during the hand-over ceremony held at Murchison Bay Primary School – Luzira, Vincent Omoth Marketing Manager – Fresh Dairy said, ‘Fresh Dairy has for two consecutive years run a schools program aimed at educating children on nutrition with an inclination towards encouraging the consumption of 1-Yoghurt-a-Day as a healthy and nutritious snack. This year’s Fresh Dairy’s School Program which started on 15th March 2018 successfully reached at least 300,000 primary school pupils as well as teachers and parents in over 350 primary schools across Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono districts, a time during which free yoghurt was given out to all students for sampling to further re-emphasize the 1-Yoghurt-a-Day nutrition message.’
‘Yoghurt as one of the products we produce at Fresh Dairy is an ideal nutrition booster for children because it is a healthy and nutritious snack that is rich in Vitamin A, B, D, E, Calcium and Potassium. School going children not only require adequate nutrition in order to meet their growth milestones and lead healthy lives but also need to learn best health and nutrition practices at an early age that they keep as they grow,’ Omoth said.
Geoffrey Masereje – Head Teacher Murchison Bay Primary School Luzira thanked Fresh Dairy for honouring their commitment for delivering a renovated multi-purpose hall which the school uses not only as a hall but is partitioned into classrooms during the week. ‘Our school collected 2,200 Fresh Dairy yoghurt cups which we used to make a model of a desk and chair in just 2 days that earned Murchison Bay Primary School – Luzira the first runner-up position cash prize of 7.5Million Ushs which was used to renovate our multi-purpose hall.’
The Guest of Honour, Demayi Francis who represented the parents of the school thanked Fresh Dairy for the support of renovating the hall, something they had failed to do for some time because of financial constraints.
The 2nd Runner-Up of the 2018 Fresh Dairy School’s Program – Kirinya Catholic Primary School received 20 new classroom desks from Fresh Dairy while the overall winning school Mutungo Primary School will receive a newly constructed permanent nursery classroom block.
Omoth concluded by noting that Fresh Diary will continue running the Fresh Dairy School Program next year in order to reach out to more schools with its health and nutritional message.
