CED Launches BWCC in Malaysia

LAUNCH OF THE “BETTER WORLD CHILDREN’S CLUB” MALAYSIA IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2006 on the 27TH MAY 2006 at ERA COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN, YOUTH AND CHILDREN, DENGKIL

Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations (FOMCA), in collaboration with ERA Consumer Malaysia and the ERA Community Center for the Development of Women, Youth and Children organized the launching ceremony of the “ Better World Children’s Club” on the 27th of May 2006, in the ERA Community Center for the Development of Women, Youth and Children in Dengkil. The opening ceremony of the “Better World Childrens Club” was conducted by Mr.Uchita de Zoysa who has created the Better World Childrens Club in Sri Lanka witness by the President of ERA Consumer Malaysia and FOMCA, Mr.Marimuthu Nadason. Mr.Uchita is also the executive Director of the Center for Environment & Development (CED) in Sri Lanka.

The “Better World Children’s Club” has been formed to group the children around specific community as to educate them on environmental issues and to be better citizens. This club has been found in Sri Lanka by the Center of Environment and Development and it has been successfully operating in Sri Lanka and UK. FOMCA and ERA Consumer will be opening up similar clubs in many other areas around the country to encourage children to spend their time wisely as well as to educate them on the importance of environmental preservation and conservation. In future, “ Better World Youth’s Club” will also be formed to encourage youths to take action on environmental issue. Youths are the partners of today and leaders of tomorrow. Statistics by the United Nations has reported that, 60% of the Asian population consist of children and youth between he age of 9 to 35 years, therefore FOMCA and ERA Consumer believe in the importance of capacity building and creating awareness to this group of the society.
The “Better World Children’s Club” has been formed to group the children around specific community as to educate them on environmental issues and to be better citizens. This club has been found in Sri Lanka by the Center of Environment and Development and it has been successfully operating in Sri Lanka and UK. FOMCA and ERA Consumer will be opening up similar clubs in many other areas around the country to encourage children to spend their time wisely as well as to educate them on the importance of environmental preservation and conservation. In future, “ Better World Youth’s Club” will also be formed to encourage youths to take action on environmental issue. Youths are the partners of today and leaders of tomorrow. Statistics by the United Nations has reported that, 60% of the Asian population consist of children and youth between he age of 9 to 35 years, therefore FOMCA and ERA Consumer believe in the importance of capacity building and creating awareness to this group of the society.

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