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Kimberly-Clark Nigeria , an organisation  with interest  in personal and essential feminine hygiene products  has said that it plans to empower 500,000 Nigerian girls annually through its empowerment programme.
The General Manager of the company, Mr Vani Malik, stated this in a statement he made available to the Newsmen in Lagos on Monday.
Malik said that this was part of the company’s efforts to continue to meet the sanitary hygiene needs of its female consumers.
He  said that the company  would accomplish it by training girls  on its leading sanitary towel brand, Kotex, and its girl-child empowerment initiative, `She SABI’ which is the local adaptation of the company’s global  “She Can” programme.
He said that the `She SABI’ initiative was meant to champion women’s progress about fighting period stigma which was associated with consequential financial and social barriers.
He  said, “In less than a year, thousands of young female Nigerians have benefitted from the programme’s school and community education initiatives.’’
He said that the initiative in Nigeria had underscored Kimberly-Clark’s global vision to lead the world in essentials for a better life, as it sought to achieve its objectives in Nigerian communities.
Malik said that through the programme, Kimberly-Clark had been providing young girls with the much-needed support and advice at a time critical for positive growth and development of self-esteem, self-confidence, and socialisation skills.
Malik, a strong advocate of menstrual hygiene promotion and the girl-child empowerment said, “We strongly believe that the life of a young girl should not change as soon as she starts her periods.
“We intend to empower these young girls through She-Sabi initiative. 500,000 girls in Nigeria to be reached annually.
“We will continue to meet the sanitary hygiene needs of our female consumers through our leading sanitary towel brand, Kotex, and its girl-child empowerment initiative, ‘She SABA’,” he said
Similarly, the company said it would  bring smiles to new parents through its Huggies Hospital Sampling Programme, stressing that no fewer than one million and sixty-five mothers would be reached annually in Nigeria.
Malik said that giving samples of Huggies’ products to such number of mothers was part of their global ambition to improve the lives of one billion people in undeserved communities around the world by 2030.
Also, Kimberly-ClarkNigeria’s Marketing Director, Kemi Saliu, said, “through this initiative,    we   have   given   thousands   of   young   girls   the   information, freedom   and confidence they need to live their lives. We are actively working toward the education  of no fewer than  500,000   secondary   school   girls   annually,   menstrual hygiene and period stigma eradication.
Kimberly-Clark,  established  in  1852,  was launched  in   the   Nigerian  market  in2012 and  has  since   been  dedicated  to  continuously  providing consumers with essential products   for   better   living.
The company  products include:  Huggies   and   Kotex,  and  has continued to   build   a   stellar   reputation   in   the industry for its heritage of quality products and its commitment to making a positive impact in the communities it serves and lives.

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