On December 23rd, AIP Foundation held extracurricular helmet safety activities at Ban Kookot preschool in Minburi, Thailand. These activities were organized as follow-up to Sigma Elevator’s donation of 160 helmets to the students through their sponsorship of Helmets for Kids. Students were trained on the fundamentals of road safety, including how to follow traffic laws
On December 23, FedEx, AIP Foundation (as Safe Kids Vietnam), the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, and Traffic Safety Committee launched the ‘Walk with FedEx Tour’ to bring pedestrian safety education and equipment to 13,019 students at 14 primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City. From December 2013 to April 2014, Walk with
On December 22nd, AIP Foundation and Chevron distributed 1,800 reflective yellow caps to students of 18 primary schools in Sichuan province to increase their visibility as pedestrians. The donation was made as part of a Walk Wise project community event which aimed to promote pedestrian safety awareness in the greater community. More than 1,000 students,
On December 14th and 22nd, nearly 4,500 parents and students from the Binh Tan and Tan Phu districts of Ho Chi Minh City joined “Kids love helmets” family days organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, the Traffic Safety Committee, and the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation. Family days are being
The Uganda Helmet Vaccine Initiative and partners established five “Helmet Safety Checkpoints” in Kampala last month, as part of UHVI’s “Obulamu Bwe Buggaga – Wear a helmet!” public awareness campaign. In Uganda, motorcycle (boda boda) riders are in more serious and fatal crashes than any other road user. Police were stationed at each of the
Thanks to the continued support from The UPS Foundation, AIP Foundation’s Helmets for Kids program will continue to donate helmets and road safety education to students of the Ban Makkhang and Nong Sumrong Wittaya Schools in Udon Thani for a second year. This additional year of funding will allow the many new students at the schools
On December 11, AIP Foundation launched a trial “pop-up” helmet retail kiosk at a petrol station in Si Praya, Bangkok, that aims to increase accessibility of children’s helmets. During the two week pilot, the kiosk will sell discounted children’s helmets that have been kindly donated by Vespiario (Thailand) Co., Ltd., and trained staff will interview customers about their
On December 5th, AIP Foundation organized an end-of-year review workshop with support from the Department of Education and Training and the Traffic Safety Committee in Dong Nai to review activities at five Helmets for Kids project schools sponsored by Johnson & Johnson. Project coordinators also visited schools to conduct student and parent interviews and focus groups
In honor of China’s National Road Safety Day on December 2nd, AIP Foundation and Chevron organized a Walking School Bus for children walking home from Gaoqiao Primary School in Sichuan, China. More than 800 community-members joined in the kick-off event, including 750 students, 30 teachers, 16 parents, 8 Chevron staff, 3 government representatives, 4 policemen,
On November 29th, AIP Foundation Thailand launched a trial “helmet bank” that will operate for two weeks at the Ban Nong Bon School in Bangkok. The helmet bank will offer free helmets for students to borrow and use whenever they are travelling on motorcycles. At the launch of the helmet bank, AIP Foundation conducted fun,
