In fulfilling part of its corporate social responsibility, Vivo Energy the distributers of Shell products in Uganda has introduced a road safety education program to raise awareness in a bid to reduce road carnage.
The program which it is running in partnership with the Uganda traffic police , schools and Safe Kids Uganda aims at training over 2400 boda boda riders and school children in a bid to inculcate a road safety culture among them through increased awareness.
Vivo Energy MD Hans Paulsen said 1.3 million people die in road accidents annually on a global scale while Uganda loses 3,142 lives every year with 14,892 injured.
Paulsen who was speaking at the launch of the program held at the company’s headquarters in Kampala said, “Vivo energy operates 350 trucks on the roads every day which means we are not doing this just for CSR but also making a commitment to be part of the solution. We support the UN’s efforts to stabilize and reduce the forecast level of road traffic deaths around the world during the decade of action for road safety between 2011 and 2020.
