BANTHEAY MEANCHEY, Cambodia–January 20, 2021 Creative expression through public art is more than just claiming space, it’s a visual expression that can inspire social change. Volunteers from Manulife Cambodia, students, teachers, and AIP Foundation painted murals and the walls at O Ambel Primary School as part of the Helmets for Families program.  Colorful murals were painted around

BANTEAY MEANCHEY, Cambodia – January 19, 2021 Teachers are an important part of raising the next generation. With their encouragement and the training provided, they will be a crucial part of making roads in Cambodia safer for youth. The Helmet for Families program, supported by Manulife Cambodia, hosted a workshop for teachers to develop road safety educational materials

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—December 28 – 30, 2020 Young people are very vulnerable road users. In 2018, 45% of all road fatalities in Cambodia were road users between the ages of 15 – 29. This vulnerability is echoed across the globe, with road crashes the leading cause of early death and years spent living with disabilities

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—November 25, 26, 30 and December 1, 2020 AIP Foundation led 2-day road safety training sessions for supervisors from three different factories, which happen to be located in high-risk areas for commuting workers. Supervisors would become leaders in disseminating the knowledge from trainings to their peers and staff as part of the Commuting Safety

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – November 24, 2020 Over 20 people from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, the National Social Security Fund, and various universities have joined together to outline improvements to road safety in Cambodia. During the event in November, those same students and officials were asked to reflect on the effectiveness of

TAKEO, KAMPOUNG SPEU, KOMPONG CHNNANG, and PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—October 7- 8, 2020   Through the Prevention and Participation (P&P) program, AIP Foundation staff visited four factories to survey suitability for future activities to improve worker’s road safety knowledge, and good practices using a motor vehicle.   While meeting management and factory representatives, which account for more than

KANDAL, KAMPOUNG SPEU, and SVAY RIENG PROVINCE, Cambodia–September 29, 2020 – October 2, 2020   Road safety is an ever-present issue for factory workers as dangerous commutes become a part of every day life. Garment and footwear factory representatives participated in a series of training sessions organized under the Commuting Safety for Cambodian Workers (CSCW) program.   As road

KAMPOUNG SPEU, Cambodia—October 1, 2020   As part of the Commuting Safety for Cambodian Workers (CSCW) program, supported by USAID and Solidarity Center, AIP Foundation met with the Kampong Speu Provincial Police Commissioner on implementation plans, including law enforcement measures, to improve road safety for factory workers.   With more than 80 factories, many located on hectic main roads, Kampong

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

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