21.6. 2011
“Children are our future and we should all participate in brightening their future”. These were the Bata Children’s program (BCP) Director, Nicole Voillat’s words summarizing the essence of the Bata Children’s Program.
Ms. Voillat was in Kenya for a one week visit in the Month of June 2011. The main objective of her visit was to meet the newly appointed Bata Children’s Program Africa Coordinator, Ms.Sophia Mbogo and to visit some of the BCP projects that Bata Kenya has been supporting. She visited various Homes which Bata has been supporting over the years- St Anthony Children’s Home in Limuru, Soila Maasai Girls Rescue Center in Suswa, Dr. Thomas Barnados Children’s Home in Nairobi and St Teresa Nuzzo Children’s Home in Riruta. She was impressed by the role Bata Kenya is playing in helping the children realize their full potential.
Nicole holds a child at St. Antony's Childrens, Home Limuru. Bata has been supporting the home for several years now.
Besides her role as the Bata Children Program Director, Ms. Voillat is also the Sustainability Director of the program and therefore could not depart without highlighting a few issues on environment. She visited the factory mainly to check on the issues of the Environment, Health and Safety and she was also very impressed and congratulated the production team for adhering to the health and safety standards.
She also visited selected suppliers who supply the factory with production materials and also one of our ABU’s - Foot plus all of which are very keen on Environment, Health and Safety and the quality of the materials and products they supply to the factory.
