Throughout 2013, AIP Foundation’s media campaign in Uganda focused on the cost of head injuries. This year, the 2014 Uganda Helmet Vaccine Initiative (UHVI) ‘Wear a Helmet’ Campaign has been developed with the objective of empowering boda boda operators by addressing their safety as a matter of personal and national development. This year, the UHVI
On September 17, U.S. President Obama announced his intent to nominate Dr. Bella Dinh-Zarr as a member of the National Transportation Safety Board. Dr. Bella Dinh-Zarr is currently the Director of the FIA Foundation’s U.S. office. She served as FIA Foundation’s Road Safety Director from 2007 to 2014 and previously as Director of North America’s
Supporting AIP Foundation’s Helmets for Kids program since 2012, today ARRB Group celebrated its continued commitment to Ai Quoc Primary School with a distribution of important educational materials on helmet use in addition to a helmet “top-off” ceremony. In total, ARRB Group, one of Australia’s most trusted advisors for road safety technical input, has donated 882
Ngày 16 tháng Chín, 2014 – Tỉnh Hải Dương, Việt Nam Đồng hành cùng chương trình Mũ bảo hiểm cho trẻ em của Quỹ AIP từ năm 2011, tập đoàn ARRB tiếp tục cam kết của mình với trường tiểu học Ái Quốc bằng việc phân phát các tài liệu giáo dục sử dụng mũ
A training took place in Entebbe that attracted over 100 boda boda operators who received tips on how to control road accidents, defensive riding, over speeding, avoiding drugs, and avoiding using phones while on the road. The operators were also told on how to use road signs. 15% of the Mulago Hospital budget goes towards
On September 14, an event to support the national plan on helmet quality took place at the Youth Culture House in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City. This is a result of the collaboration between Unilever Vietnam, the National Traffic Safety Committee, National Youth Union, and HCM Youth Union. The event attracted the participation
Speaking at “Getting children to wear helmets, the 7% project”, held at TK Park at CentralWorld Sunday, Ratanawadee Hemniti Winther, country director for Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation, said the project will focus on four approaches: education, enforcement, media and innovation. Awareness of helmet benefits and proper use will be raised through training and educational
Slogo finalists, with winning slogo (left) and popular vote (right) pictured, strive to help make helmets the new norm This month, Save the Children and AIP Foundation announced the winner of the Slogan and Logo, or “Slogo,” competition at an event at TK Park at CentralWorld. The competition invited participants to submit ideas for a
A decade ago, it wasn’t unusual to see a Vietnamese family of five cheerfully braving the frenzied traffic of Hanoi on a single motorcycle—with nobody wearing a helmet. No longer. A stringent law passed in 2007 has made helmets compulsory—and has proven that such laws, which require political will more than money, can have a
Supporting AIP Foundation’s Helmets for Kids program since 2011, ARRB Group celebrated its continued commitment to Ai Quoc Primary School with a distribution of important educational materials on helmet use in addition to a helmet “top-off” ceremony. In total, ARRB Group, one of Australia’s most trusted advisors for road safety technical input, has donated 882 helmets
