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Australia - 2006
Safety of Children, Families Priority for Alcoa
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Taking its values into the community, Alcoa supports a wide range of community initiatives to promote the safety and health of children and families in Australia.
In Western Australia, the Kwinana Early Years program teaches children how to manage situations like bullying, domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and sexual exploitation. The program also supports teachers and helps them assist children in these situations. Alcoa's support allows a part-time educator to run workshops at seven Kwinana primary schools, reaching more than 520 children and teachers in 2006.
The KIDS (Kids in Dangerous Situations) Foundation works with schools across Australia to prevent serious childhood injuries by educating children about safety. In 2006, Alcoa's support helped promote a national Injury Free Day, involving 10,000 children in 250 schools and Alcoa employees, including senior managers, who assisted with safety awareness activities. Alcoa also sponsored 22 safety field days in 2006.
The KIDS Foundation partnership is integrated with workplace safety through a scheme where Alcoa's Victorian operations makes additional donations for every week without recordable injuries. In 2006, this amounted to more than Aus$113,380.
Other health and safety initiatives in the community that focus on children and family include the following:
- Alcoa's support for the Anglesea Surf Life Saving Club is helping improve beach safety and increase community involvement in its activities;
- Mission Australia's Kickstart program provides vocational skills and assistance with drug and alcohol issues for young people in Bunbury; and
- Life Education delivers drug education to 85 primary schools in the Geelong area, reaching 17,500 students each year.
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