As part of our Helmets for Kids program, 9 teachers and 74 students at Wat Chong Nonsi School in Bangkok participated in a road safety training facilitated by AIP Foundation staff and an expert on road safety laws. The teachers then applied their newly-acquired knowledge by designing fun learning activities, including coloring, quizzes and plays,
Our Street Wise program won third place in the road safety academic work competition organized as part of the 13th Thailand Road Safety Seminar: Invest in Sustainable Road Safety held in Bangkok. AIP Foundation’s Thailand Chairperson Ratanawadee H. Winther accepted the award from the Interior Ministry’s Deputy Permanent Secretary and gave a brief presentation of
AIP Foundation staff attended the World Health Organization SEA Ministerial Meeting on Accelerating actions for implementation of the Decade of Action for Road Safety in Phuket. During the Ministerial Panel Session, AIP Foundation Thailand Chairperson Ratanawadee H. Winther participated as a panelist from the civil society sector and spoke about the importance of multisector collaboration
Four members of the Thailand’s Legal Development Program (LDP), Dr. Sanya Namee, Nichamon Thongphat, Supa Chotngam and Thanachart Paliyawate, attended the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) workshop on Improving Road Safety Legislation in Geneva, Switzerland. The workshop, hosted by the World Health Organization, focused on vehicle regulations. At the workshop, the Thai LDP representatives highlighted their strategies
Together with representatives from the Legal Development Program (LDP), we attended the Speed Management Workshop organized by the World Resources Institute (WRI) at the Traffic Police Division in Bangkok. The objective of the workshop was to discuss risk factors for road crashes in Bangkok, how to reduce speeding-related crashes, speed management in Bangkok, and success stories for
AIP Foundation, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS), and the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI), organized a workshop for Legal Development Program (LDP) members that focused on improving road safety legislation in Thailand. In addition to a special presentation by road safety expert and Assistant Professor Dr. Taweesak
Pol. Lt. Colonel Dr. Panupong Panudulkitti, Inspector in the Traffic Police Division and Legal Development Program (LDP) member, presented at the second ASEAN Traffic Police Forum on behalf of the Royal Thai Police department. He presented on the current road safety situation in Thailand including both recent successes and continuing challenges. The forum was held
We met with the deputy director of Wat Chong Nonsi Primary School in Bangkok to discuss preparations for the Helmets for Kids program implementation at the school. The five-month program, which will be implemented between November 2017 and March 2018, is supported by Grab Taxi. In July, Grab ran a campaign in Bangkok pledging to donate 5% of
Legal Development Program member Dr. Sanya Namee, who is also the Director of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Regional Center (DPMRC) in Chanthaburi Province, presided over the opening ceremony for the speed management training workshop held in the province. The training provides technical support and capacity building to the DPMRCs in Chon Buri, Rayong, Chanthaburi, and Trat
AIP Foundation staff met with the director and teachers of Wat Rachasingkorn Primary School in Bangkok to discuss preparations for the upcoming Safe School, Safe Community program, which aims to increase helmet use among children, teachers, and parents, and to raise public awareness of the importance of child quality helmet use. The five-month project, which will be
