Malaysia: Chevron Launches Youth Health Progamme
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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Chevron Malaysia Limited has launched the Caltex Body Works program on
reproductive health for secondary school students as part of its Energy
for Learning global initiative.
The community engagement program aims to empower those aged between
15 and 18 years of age with reproductive health information and
knowledge via workshops that will be conducted by the Federation of
Reproductive Health Associations, Malaysia (FRHAM). Participants will
be selected from schools located in the following states – Selangor,
Perak, Melaka, Terengganu, and Kelantan. FRHAM will work with its state
associations to identify schools in areas which can benefit the most
from the Caltex Body Works program, which will comprise a series of
workshops held over the next eight months until October.
“The Energy for Learning global initiative supports learning-based
programs that create opportunities for acquiring new knowledge. The
Caltex Body Works program represents our belief that fuelling young
minds with information and knowledge on reproductive health and
diseases such as HIV/AIDS will shape them into healthy and responsible
adults that can contribute positively to their communities and the
nation at large”, said Jeremy Oh, Country Chairman, Chevron Malaysia
Limited.
The Caltex Body Works program also includes sessions for school
headmasters, principals and counselors to understand and experience the
workshops for themselves. This will enable them to provide feedback and
suggestions that can be used to customize the workshops to be conducted
for their respective students.
The workshop module was developed by FRHAM with funding by the United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). It is endorsed by the Ministry of
Health, and the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development.
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