Nigeria: ADIC Insurance Partners Down Syndrome Foundation

11 December 2013

ADIC Insurance Company Limited, one of the life and non-life risks underwriting companies in the country, has entered into partnership with the Down Syndrome Foundation Nigeria, with a view to improving the living conditions of those living with the disease.

The firm said the partnership was in furtherance with its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. The company also recently partnered the Save-A-Life Project to sponsor corrective heart surgeries for two babies diagnosed with congenital heart defects. The head of Human Capital in the company, Mr. Stanley Nwogu, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos recently, saying the surgeries were successful. He said the desire to further improve the livelihood of the children living with this condition led the company was reason behind his firm's decision to sponsor the fund raising novelty match and awareness week organised by the foundation recently.

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