Lifebuoy, Gavi, Power of Nutrition partner for healthier life of Indonesian children

08 / 02 / 2023

By Marwa Nassar - -

Lifebuoy has teamed up with the Vaccine Alliance, Gavi, and the Power of Nutrition – the charitable foundation – with the support of the Indonesian government, to help give Indonesian children a healthier start in life.

The three partners will create a program that will draw on each partner’s expertise, with the aim of saving children’s lives.

The $8 million fund, which was boosted by matched funding from the government of the Netherlands, will be used to empower and educate parents and care-givers of young children, helping them to make simple, positive health choices.

With the aim of improving the outcomes of 1 million children under the age of five, the program builds on lessons learnt from an existing partnership between Gavi and Unilever in rural India.

The original project raised parental awareness and drove behavior change towards hygiene and early childhood vaccination, leading to a fivefold increase in incidental handwashing with soap, and a significant increase in routine immunization against diseases such as rubella, measles and rotavirus.

“I’m delighted that Lifebuoy and Gavi are now launching a healthy nutrition program, alongside our long-standing handwashing and childhood vaccine programs, to help give children in Indonesia the best start in life,” said Hanneke Faber, President of Nutrition at Unilever.