A movement to empower Malaysian children to eat right, play right and live right by leveraging on their love of football.
Eat Right to Play Right is the flagship programme of One Goal Malaysia, conducted in partnership with Zurich Insurance & Takaful in Malaysia. Under One Goal Malaysia, World Vision Malaysia serves as an active partner in the implementation of Eat Right to Play Right. We are grant-funded, with Z Zurich Foundation being our grant donor.
This innovative programme seeks to address malnutrition by improving children’s understanding of healthy eating practices through grassroots football. We want to empower Malaysian children to eat right, play right and live right.
Our main goal is to increase the nutritional knowledge of children in local communities. The 2015 National Health & Morbidity Survey reported that approximately 1,000,000 children in Malaysia are obese. This leaves them more susceptible to non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and heart diseases in adulthood. Meanwhile, about 700,000 Malaysian children are undernourished. Nutrition deficiency leads to poor cognitive development, leaving a lifelong impact on children.
Here’s what a community coach has to say about Eat Right to Play Right:
“As the coach and teacher, I am really proud with what we’ve done because all our lessons are showing positive results.” - Hendrew Brani, Volunteer Coach and Teacher at SK Kelana Jaya 1
And here’s what the children have to say about Eat Right to Play Right:
“It is really fun as I get to play football every week.”
“We get to learn about having a balanced diet and how to start eating healthily: less sugar, less fat and less salt.”
If you’d like to know more about One Goal Malaysia or the Eat Right to Play Right programme, please contact us at (603) 7800 0899 or email [email protected].
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