Hyundai Motors Restates Commitment to Basic Education, Donate Learning Kits to Youngsters

Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited (HMNL) has described basic education as a prime obligation of all children of school age, pledging to continually assist school pupils in Nigeria in line with Hyundai Motor Corporation corporate social responsibility values of ‘Moving the World Together.’ HMNL made this remark at the commencement of the distribution of this year’s Hyundai-branded educational enhancing materials to hundreds of thousands of school pupils across seven states in a campaign tagged ‘Education for Brighter Tomorrow.’ No fewer than 13 schools in three geo-political zones of South-West, North Central, and South-South are listed as beneficiaries of this year’s campaign, which started in Lagos and Ibadan, Oyo States respectively. The campaign which is ongoing moves to Benin, Asaba, Warri, Calabar, Port-Harcourt and Abuja, the Hyundai Motor manufacturing and marketing company affirmed. Addressing students and teachers of Dairy Farm Senior Secondary School Agege Lagos, Hyundai Motors Nigeria Head of Sales and Marketing Jatin Nadkarni said the charitable initiative was a continuation of HMNL commitment to children’s of the less privileged welfare. This initiative began in 2010 with donation of supplies to the less privileged including old people’s homes and orphanages with the chief aim of halving the population of children vulnerable to malaria scourge, especially those aged between six months and five years, representing 52 percent of the country’s populace, Nadkarni explained. He said: “It is imperative to bridge the gap between children of the rich and poor especially those in basic schools by motivating the less privileged children to learn without fear of discrimination.”