PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – 27 August 2020 The USAID Labor Rights in Cambodia (LRIC) project, implemented by Solidarity Center, will hold its second leadership workshop of a series for 80 trade union representatives articulating a vision of safety policies to protect factory workers on the roads as part of the Commuting Safety for Cambodian Workers
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam—19 August 2020 AIP Foundation’s social enterprise, Protec, a helmet maker, recently added COVID-19 mask production in its factory for humanitarian assistance. 10,000 medical masks and gloves will be donated to Abou Jaoude Hospital in Beirut after the recent deadly explosion of Ammonium Nitrate. Hard hit hospitals in Beirut are suffering
BANGKOK, Thailand – 6 August, 2020 AIP Foundation has partnered with Toll to launch a new Hauling Safety program in Thailand, aimed at supporting communities in tackling high-risk journeys for students traveling to and from school through quality safety education and equipment for students, parents, and community members. In Thailand, where traveling by motorcycle is a common
NANBA, XUANHAN, China — 27-30 July 2020 In rural parts of China, like Nanba Town in Sichuan, China, pedestrians are often exposed to the dangers and risks of the roads, but seldom do they have the opportunity to access education on the safe road behaviors that could very well save their own life and the
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—23 and 30 July 2020 While neighboring countries are experiencing a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic or in the depths of combatting the pandemic, Cambodia returns to some sense of normalcy with roads quickly being reoccupied. Yet as road use increases so too are the risks of road injuries and community transmission
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – 28 July 2020 The USAID Labor Rights in Cambodia (LRIC) project, implemented by Solidarity Center, is supporting a series of leadership workshops for 80 trade union representatives to promote more equitable factory working conditions, including safer commutes for employees. Solidarity Center’s partner, the AIP Foundation, conducted the first workshop today,
THAI NGUYEN AND YEN BAI, Vietnam–17 and 22 July 2020 Helmets for Kids, AIP Foundation’s program supported by Johnson & Johnson, promotes child helmet use and delivers student road safety education. Two three-part events were held, which comprised of a review workshop, orientation session, and teacher training in Thai Nguyen and Yen Bai provinces, Vietnam, to discuss
BATTAMBANG PROVINCE, Cambodia—13 – 16 July 2020 With traffic quickly picking up in the summer months, AIP Foundation collaborated with local school management of the Battambang community through Helmets for Families, a program supported by Manulife Cambodia that promotes safe road practices, like the importance of helmet use. School administrators from Onlong Vil Primary School, one of
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam–7 July 2020 Supported by Mercedes Benz Vietnam, AIP Foundation implemented Phase II of the MobileKids Vietnam program and Safety with Moki Tour, which brought helmet safety and road crash prevention education to nearly 1,850 children from Chi Lang and Hoang Van Thu Primary school in Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia–May – June 2020 As part of the global fight against COVID-19, AIP Foundation partnered with Solidarity Center and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to produce nearly 500 posters and 1,500 banners that promoted World Health Organization (WHO) approved methods to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in Cambodian garment factories. These materials were placed within 200 factories
