Manulife Cambodia recently invited AIP Foundation Cambodia Country Director, Pagna Kim, and Cambodia Program Manager, Piseth Im, to speak to an audience of 400 people and deliver a presentation titled, “Our Road Safety Partnership: Saving Many Lives in Cambodia” at its offices in Phnom Penh. The presentation highlighted the successes of AIP Foundation’s partnership with
AIP Foundation met with local university leadership to discuss its helmet safety and education programs, including Safety Delivered and Young Ambassadors for Road Safety (YARS), in order to select five target universities for future program intervention. With the support of The UPS Foundation, Safety Delivered will reach 5,000 students over the next two years as
Members of government bodies, civil society, and the private sector recently met at a quarterly meeting to discuss the implementation of national road safety action plans in Cambodia. The meeting was chaired by H.E Min Meanvy, Secretary of State, Minister of Public Work and Transport, and Secretary General of the National Road Safety Committee. Nearly
AIP Foundation and Manulife Cambodia reached out to 500 hundred local community members near Hun Sen Krong Primary School to promote proper helmet use and safe driving behavior through the Helmets for Families program. Manulife Cambodia volunteers distributed educational materials to community members and strategically placed posters in high-traffic areas to encourage helmet use among local residents.
In support of AIP Foundation’s Helmets for Families program, traffic police in Preah Sihanouk Province led interactive road safety activities for students at Hun Sen Krong primary school. Children participated in painting contests and bicycle races, applying practical road safety education to fun activities. Manulife volunteers were also present at the event, encouraging students to share their knowledge
An estimated 700,000 garment factory workers provide the labor for Cambodia’s $7.3 billion USD export sector. Approximately 80% of these workers are women and a majority are at risk every day as they commute to and from the factory due to dangerous road users lacking sufficient driver education, unsafe and overloaded vehicles, informal (unregulated) transport,
AIP Foundation facilitated road safety youth discussions with nearly 200 students at Build Bright University and Asia Euro University in Phnom Penh. University students had the opportunity to speak up and raise their concerns in accordance with this year’s UN Global Road Safety Week theme of leadership for road safety. Students shared ideas with a
AIP Foundation facilitated road safety workers, drivers, and factory management discussions with nearly 200 people at factories in Kampong Chhnang and Kampong Cham provinces. Workers and drivers had the opportunity to speak up and raise their concerns in accordance with this year’s UN Global Road Safety Week theme of leadership for road safety. During the discussions, workers
Together with 72 government officials, police officers, youth ambassadors for road safety, and public and private sector representatives, AIP Foundation organized a safe driving campaign prior to the Khmer New Year in Phnom Penh. The main message of this campaign was “Travel safely during Khmer New Year without over-speeding.” Participants distributed informational pamphlets with safety information
Our Cambodia team engaged 45 representatives from the Transportation Working Group, National Road Safety Committee, and several government agencies in a three-day training of trainers workshop. The workshops build capacity for trainers and leading stakeholders to provide them with tips and tools to better serve vulnerable garment and footwear workers at the five factories participating in
