MANDALAY, Myanmar – January 8, 2021 Although helmets are proven to reduce the risk of deaths by 42% and serious head injuries by 69%, challenges still exist in both accessibility to safety equipment and prevalence in helmet use. Fortunately, students at No. 20 Basic Education High School in Myanmar, received nearly 900 helmets as a part of the Safety Delivered program’s initiative
Following the success of the Safety Delivered program’s first year of implementation in Myanmar in between 2017-2018, 1,200 participants, including students, teachers, parents, and school representatives, attended the Safety Delivered helmet handover ceremony at School No. 13 in Chan Mya Thar Zi of the Mandalay Region in Myanmar, on December 19, 2019. Road traffic crashes continue to be
As part of the Safety Delivered program in Myanmar, 113 teachers from two project schools in Mandalay participated in a helmet safety training, which aimed to empower teachers to take a more active role in ensuring their students’ safety on the roads. During the training, teachers shared their personal experiences and the challenges they faced when encouraging their students to always wear
Following the success of AIP Foundation‘s Safety Delivered program in Myanmar in 2018, the program began Phase II in partnership with the Mandalay Region Education Office, supported by the UPS Foundation, to deliver school-based helmet safety programs between April 2019 and December 2020. Three target schools have been selected for program implementation. No. (32) Basic
Today, AIP Foundation held its first ever helmet handover ceremony at School No. 19 at Aung Myae Thar San Township, in the Mandalay region of Myanmar, introducing the first in a series of helmet donations to students and teachers across the Mandalay region. These donations follow shortly after a series of teacher trainings wherein 100
100 teachers from four target schools in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar attended Safety Delivered workshops held over two days. Training content included basic road safety knowledge, correct helmet use, promotional techniques and suggestions for class lessons. Discussions also covered possible difficulties that could be encountered during implementation and methods for finding solutions to deal with problems
Our Safety Delivered program kicked off implementation in Myanmar with a range of activities, including helmet fittings, stakeholder trainings, and baseline knowledge tests with students from the four program schools. AIP Foundation staff conducted trainings for the two volunteers from the Myanmar Engineering Society of Mandalay, our partner organization in the area. We also visited the four program
