Protec, a social enterprise helmet factory established by AIP Foundation, just reached an impressive milestone: 15 years of providing vulnerable road users with safe and affordable helmets! There are currently 200 staff working for Protec, including 130 factory workers, some of whom are disabled and benefit from the specifically-modified work environment of the factory. The
Stakeholder orientations and teacher training workshops have been held in Quang Nam, Gia Lai, and Dong Nai provinces as part of the preparations for the Helmets for Kids programs that will take place there throughout the upcoming school year. This represents the start of a fifth consecutive year of partnership between AIP Foundation and Johnson
AIP Foundation’s Walk Wise project, which is enabled by Chevron, recently organized a group photo competition for three middle schools in Kai County. The contest aimed to improve the knowledge and awareness of the students on the topic of road safety in an interactive and creative format. On May 27th, an exhibition of submitted photos
Xiaoyan Xu, China Country Director at AIP Foundation, presented at the Asia Pacific Road Safety 2016 Conference: Halving road deaths and injuries by 2020 – The Challenges for Communities, Companies and Countries. Xiaoyan presented a session called “A child’s right to road safety,” reflecting on our current project, Walk Wise, which aims to increase pedestrian safety among children commuting to and from school. Organized by the
For the first time since 2004, the World Health Assembly has adopted a resolution on road safety, noting that urgent action is needed to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals target to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries by 50% by 2020. Among other items, the resolution calls for national strategies and plans to address
AIP Foundation and The UPS Foundation have signed a memorandum of understanding to announce their cooperation on a new project, Safety Delivered. The signing ceremony took place during an American Chamber of Commerce business event attended by senior American diplomats on the occasion of U.S. President Barack Obama’s historic first visit to Vietnam. Greig Craft,
While speaking to The New York Times about the approach he takes with his extensive philanthropic involvements, former mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg highlighted the work that has been done to address low rates of helmet use in Vietnam, referring to the efforts as “among the foundation’s most successful endeavors in [the area
The great news from the Helmets for Kids project in Udon Thani Province (see news item above) recently caught the attention of Catalyst Asia, a content platform owned and managed by the Institute for Societal Leadership at the Singapore Management University that showcases organizations working for the betterment of society in Asia. They published an
AIP Foundation, in collaboration with The UPS Foundation, held an awards ceremony to highlight the activities of three exemplary schools from Phnom Penh, Kandal, and Kampong Speu provinces. These three schools were distinguished for their active participation in promoting safe road behaviors with a particular focus on helmet use among their students and teachers and
