Chuks Udo Okonta
Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc, said as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), is partnering, Teenage Life, a non-governmental agency on mentoring and development of youths and secondary school pupils in Lagos State.
A statement by the firm's spokesperson Segun Bankole, said the focus of the initiative is to effect positive behavioural change in the life of young adults through effective education and sensitisation on pertinent health issues.
The Project Manager, Jessica Braimah, said: "The Teenage Life Project sets out to secure the future of young people by providing them with enduring moral compass as their guide for navigation in the passage of life".
She noted that it is pertinent for youths to be appropriately sensitised and empowered with adequate knowledge and skills that will enable them adopt pre-marital sex abstinence as the most preferred option for the prevention of sexually-transmitted diseases and the prevention of teenage pregnancies as well as abortion.
She said to amplify the sensitisation and advocacy reach, the organisation has adopted an interactive radio programme that is focused on youth and family life with regards to everyday moral issues.
She said the main objective of the programme is to reduce to the barest minimum, such societal malaise like prostitution, rape, teenage pregnancies, abortion and HIV/AIDS transmission.
Bankole, said the support for the Teenage Life Project is in line with one of the company’s corporate social responsibility platform which is hinged on Health, Sports and the Environment.
He pointed out that the underwriting firm is committed to ensuring that initiatives under these categories are supported in bringing about positive change in the society. He also stated that the infection rate of HIV/AIDS in the country is gradually hitting an alarming state and hence, efforts should be directed at combating the spread of the scourge at an early stage before it becomes too late not forgetting to mention the several pathetic abortion stories rampant amongst youths of today.
"All these are societal menace which must be immediately addressed and reduced to a zero level because the future of the country might be worse off if positive measures are not urgently put in place.
"As a socially responsible corporate entity, we are sensitive to the happenings in our immediate environment and beyond. The wellbeing of every young adult is important for the continued existence of our nation because the youths are the future of our beloved country and as such they must be encouraged and supported in every sphere of their existence".
Bankole, said the company will continue to support initiatives geared towards advancing the human capital resources of the economy.
The underwriting firm has kept an impressive record in pioneering and advocating for a healthy society amongst insurance companies in the country. For some years now, it has been an ardent financial supporter of the Hospice Home for the physically challenged children and other charitable Homes in the country.
Sovereign Trust remains the only insurance firm to date that have instituted a commemorative World AIDS Day campaign through her annual sponsorship of thematic messages in the electronic media in creating public awareness for HIV/AIDS.
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