Inspires students on healthier lifestyles
Press release: Lagos, 20th Oct 2022
Nestlé Professional celebrated International Chefs Day 2022 at the new Lagos State Culinary Academy, Ikeja, with students from public and private secondary schools across Lagos.

The event included training on the importance of healthy eating and lifestyles in line with this year’s International Chef’s Day theme: “GROWING A HEALTHY
FUTURE’’.
“The wellbeing of their children is the fundamental goal for parents and caregivers.
It is also an indicator of societal development. We are therefore committed to working with stakeholders to enhance the wellbeing of generations to come
through nutrition education as well as continuous provision of high-quality
nutritious food and beverages. Today’s event is a platform for continuous
engagement to encourage children to be creative with food,” said Funmi Osineye,
Business Manager, Nestlé Professional.
Funmi acknowledged the Association of Professional Chefs Nigeria for
consistently partnering with Nestlé to achieve the company’s global objective of
helping 50 million children live healthier lives by 2030.

“We want to thank the Association of Professional Chefs Nigeria for partnering
with us through the years. We are also grateful to the administrators of the Lagos
State Technical and Vocational Education Board for their collaboration to celebrate
Chef’s Day 2022. We are delighted to witness the sincere interest in skilling up young people in Lagos State for gainful employment in the hospitality sector,” she added.

According to Paul Okon, National President, Association of Professional Chefs
Nigeria, “It has been a great pleasure engaging, educating, and enlightening
children on healthy eating as we believe this is the foundation for a healthy future.
We sincerely appreciate the role Nestlé Professional has played over the years,
promoting Nigeria’s Food Tourism, supporting capacity development of Chefs,
and empowering the next generation of Chefs”.

In her comments, Moronke Azeez, Executive Secretary, Lagos State Technical and Vocational Education Board (LASTVEB) said, “We are delighted to be working with Nestlé on this laudable initiative which has been very impactful and a great learning exercise for the children. The event is fully aligned with the objective for the recent establishment of the Lagos Culinary Academy aimed at producing professionals for the hospitality and food service industry while equipping
students for entrepreneurship and self-employment”.

The event was commemorated via a fun-filled educative workshop and practical sessions coordinated by the chefs with a hands-on approach for the children,
creating recipes out of fresh food items including vegetables, fruits and preparing
healthy dishes during the cooking sessions.
The beneficiaries of the training came from Public and Private Secondary schools
in Lagos, and the Lagos State Technical College. Other participants included
Chefs from the Lagos State Chapter of the Association of Professional Chefs
Nigeria.

Speaking on her experience, Hope Shulamite an SS2 student of Ilupeju Senior
Grammar School, said, “I am happy that I was chosen to be part of this event. I
particularly enjoyed creating the recipes and cooking with the chefs and members
of my group. I will definitely try out the recipe again at home and in school with
my friends during our home economics practical. On behalf of all the students
here today, I want to thank the organizers for giving us this wonderful learning
opportunity”.

Nestlé and the Association of Professional Chefs Nigeria have been partners since
2014, making value adding contributions in the foodservice industry, and helping
to bring nutrition, health, and wellness education to present and future chefs.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s move to give nationality to thousands of children born to Iranian mothers and non-Iranian fathers.

The first children, out of some 10,000 children whose citizenship applications have so far been accepted, received their long-awaited Iranian identity document – known as a ‘Shenasnameh’, last month.

According to the Government of Iran, nearly 75,000 children at risk of becoming statelessness are eligible for Iranian citizenship under a new nationality law, which was amended in 2019 to allow children under 18 years to apply for the identity documents.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, UNHCR has continued providing free remote legal advice and assistance to parents of children whose mothers are Iranian nationals and whose fathers are foreign nationals, to help them through the nationality application process.

By allowing Iranian mothers to pass their nationality to their children, the law also marks a ground-breaking step towards reducing the gender gap in Iran, where nationality used to be passed on mainly by fathers.

Although Iran is not party to the UN Conventions on Statelessness, the Government of Iran is taking steps towards the prevention and reduction of statelessness in the country. While the law does not give mothers and fathers equal rights to confer nationality to their children, it represents significant progress.

Around the world, stateless people can face a lifetime of exclusion and discrimination and are often denied access to education, health care, and job opportunities – making them vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.