BMW, Safe n Sound, Childline Foundation introduce child car seat subsidy

BMW, SAFE 'N SOUND, CHILDLINE FOUNDATION INTRODUCE CHILD CAR SEAT SUBSIDY

JUNE 20, 2019 @ 8.23AM

(From left) Handing over Chicco KeyFit 30 infant car seats to Hospital Putrajaya are Datin Wong, Sashi Ambi, head of corporate communications, BMW Group Malaysia, Hajah Noorhayati Haji Amin, deputy director of management, Hospital Putrajaya and Ong Cai Szu, marketing manager, Chicco Malaysia.

BMW Malaysia has partnered with Childline Foundation – a non-profit organisation focused on the awareness and education of child safety and protection – to introduce ‘From Day One’, a campaign aimed at advocating the importance of child car seats, especially for newborns.

The campaign in the fifth edition of the BMW Safety 360° programme; kickstarted with the support of Chicco Malaysia where the first six babies born on Father’s Day at Hospital Putrajaya received a Chicco KeyFit 30 infant car seat.

The new parents also learned about the best child safety practices from Childline Foundation’s passenger safety consultants. These include the right criteria for choosing a child car seat, proper methods for installation, as well as the lifecycle of a child car seat.

Harald Hoelzl, managing director of BMW Group Malaysia said, “As we near the enforcement of mandatory use of child car seats in 2020, we believe it is important to continue advocating the importance of child car seats, especially for newborns. The focus of ‘From Day One’ is to ensure parents know how to keep their children safe from the moment they leave the hospital. We want to make the use of child car seats instinctive; a basic practice when it comes to parenthood. This is why we are constantly partnering with experts from the industry to provide critical child safety education to parents and to make child car seats more accessible.”

In the next phase of ‘From Day One’, BMW Malaysia will continue on its partnership with Childline Foundation to introduce a child car seat subsidy programme alongside Safe ‘n Sound, a distributor of child car seats and baby gear.

Subsidised infant car seats
The subsidy programme will first be introduced to five government hospitals across the Klang Valley. BMW Malaysia and Safe ‘n Sound will be subsidising 150 snskidz Ace infant carrier car seats at RM100 each. The rear-facing infant carrier car seat, which retails at RM199, can be used from birth to 13kg and carries the ECE R44-04 certification.

"We will continue promoting the need for child car seats by offering subsidies alongside Safe ‘n Sound to help make child car seats more accessible. However, it is not enough that parents use child car seats. It is equally important that they understand the proper ways of choosing and installing the child car seats to ensure the utmost safety of their children.

"As such, we will also work with Childline Foundation to speak directly to hospitals to implement a child passenger safety training programme. This programme will also be customised to parents who attend antenatal classes so that the education of child car seats begins even before the baby arrives," added Hoelzl.

Child passenger safety training programme
The child passenger safety training programme will be introduced to the selected five government hospitals where personnel will learn the best safety practices from Childline Foundation’s passenger safety consultants. Child passenger safety talks and consultations will also be offered to parents who attend antenatal classes at these hospitals.

Datin Wong Poai Hong, Childline Foundation opined that the best time and place for parents to start practicing the right child safety values is before childbirth and at the hospital.

BMW, SAFE 'N SOUND, CHILDLINE FOUNDATION INTRODUCE CHILD CAR SEAT SUBSIDY

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