The event organized by the staff from White River Clinic was attended by parents with their babies who turn up to receive their prizes.
Director of the Honiara City Council Doctor Henry Kako stressed the importance of raising children and urge parents that as long as the Baby Star award continues the Health Division of Honiara City Council will continue to promote the health of babies.
“Parents if you follow what we try to do at the clinics to ensure your babies are healthy one day you will become proud parents of children who will become future leaders of this country,” he said.
Dr Kako also thank West Honiara Honorable Namson Tran for donating money to make the event possible, Save the Children, and the Honiara City council for their contribution towards yesterday’s event.
Pastor Titus Rore a guest speaker yesterday said mothers need to realize that in order for a child to be fully developed the child need to fully physically developed, mentally developed, need to be developed socially and need to have spiritual training.
He said parents should train a child to be responsible when they grow up so that they will become good leaders in the future.
Baby Star theme for this year was Healthy Baby means Healthy Nation.
The 2010 Baby Star also received their prizes yesterday and they were twin brothers baby Scofield and Julian Kuia whose parents were Lydia and George Kuia.
Other babies who always turn up for their appointments at White River Clinic and who were never sick also received prizes.
The baby star program was initiated in 2007 an initiative taken by nurses at White River Clinic to achieve the Millennium Development Goal which is reducing the child mortality rate and mobility by 2015.
BY GINA MAKA’A
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