Nearly 1,000 people in Phnom Penh gathered on November 18th to publicly mourn the 1,905 lives lost on Cambodia’s roads every year. The National Road Safety Committee and Cambodian Red Cross have partnered with the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation to observe the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. During the morning ceremony
Today AIP Foundation announced a three-year grant from The UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of global logistics leader UPS, totalling US $450,000. This commitment by UPS will provide helmets and road safety education for more than 27,000 students and teachers as AIP Foundation expands its Helmets for Kids program in Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand. The
On August 15, 2012, Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation launched Paste Your Face at Dream Land Park with a family-friendly event promoting passenger helmet use, as part of its public awareness campaign “Always care. Always wear a helmet.” The launch at Dream Land Park marks the start of the Paste Your Face photo competition on
On July 25, the National Road Safety Committee (NRSC) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation to work together to reduce projected fatalities and serious injuries caused by road traffic crashes by the end of 2014. Cambodia and more than 100 other countries have agreed to a UN resolution proclaiming
To maximize the impact of the Helmets for Kids program, San Dan I and Bun Rany Hun Sen Phom Thom Primary Schools in Kratie province and Prey Sandek Primary School in Takeo Province designed and implemented extracurricular activities for over 850 students during the first two weeks of July. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Chevron (Cambodia) Limited, in partnership with the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation, is organizing road safety awareness events at three different high schools in high-risk traffic locations in Phnom Penh to donate 1,500 helmets and educate the students about road safety. The first event took place at Hun Sen Borey 100 Khnang High School on
On May 30th and June 2nd, 2012, AIP Foundation joined the world community by celebrating International Children’s Day. International Children’s Day on June 1st celebrates children and their role in society, but the day also highlights the vulnerability of children. For this reason, AIP Foundation chose this occasion to equip the children from Hun Sen
On the anniversary of the United Nations’ Decade of Action for Road Safety launch, ARRB Group sponsored a helmet donation to 800 students and 28 teachers of Phnom Dil Primary School through AIP Foundation’s Helmets for Kids program. ARRB Group’s sponsorship also includes extracurricular activities and communication with students’ parents to reinforce their understanding of
475 primary school students received free helmets donated by the Go4 Charity Ride motorcyclists who rode from Bangkok to Phnom Penh in February 2012. The donation of funds to run a Helmets for Kids at Prey Sandek Primary School was officially launched this week, providing helmets and helmet use education to all students and school
Organized by the Kandal Provincial Department of Public Works and the Boy Scout Unit from the Department of Education, Youth and Sports, AIP Foundation’s program team conducted public awareness outreach in Kandal Province. AIP Foundation supplied 10 t-shirts, 20 helmets, and 5,000 leaflets and distributed them alongside the organizers.
