Hun Sen Prek Russey, Kor Ki, and Sampov Meas primary schools in Kampong Speu, Kandal, and Phnom Penh organized extracurricular road safety activities between July 4 – 16 as part of AIP Foundation’s Helmets for Kids program. Nearly 600 students and teachers learned about the importance of wearing helmets correctly, how to cross the roads and walk
AIP Foundation provided road safety training to 20 staff at Travel Indochina, Cambodia, on July 1 2013. The training session covered tourist safety on the road, as well ass road safety and helmet use in Cambodia. Participants learned about the importance of helmet uses, global traffic fatalities statistics in all age groups, why tourists are
Helmet wearing rates at Vorsar Primary School in Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia have risen rapidly from zero to over 90 percent since The UPS Foundation donated helmets to more than 600 students in January 2013. To maintain to increase, AIP Foundation has followed-up with the school to engage parents in road safety activities. On June 27,
Last month, Zooming in on Road Safety’s family festival combined competition and creativity to improve the road safety knowledge of 1,500 secondary students, their teachers and parents, from District 9, Ho Chi Minh City through interactive games. An post-evaluation of AIP Foundation’s Zooming in on Road Safety program, taking place for the first time this
In order to better understand their target audience, the Helmet Vaccine Initiative – Tanzania (HVI-T) led efforts to collect data on current helmet-wearing behaviors in three cities. While the overall helmet wearing rate observed among 32,150 motorcycle drivers and passengers in Tanga, Morogoro, and Dar es Salaam was 53 percent, further breakdown of the data
Between January and June 2013, more than 175,000 Vietnamese parents pledged to insist their children wear helmets. Parents signed a commitment to put helmets on their children using Facebook, the campaign website, and direct flyer distribution at information sessions. Make a Pledge supports the three-year “Children also need a helmet” campaign to increase motorcycle helmet
Through the pilot year evaluation of Walk Wise, Chevron’s pedestrian safety education program in Kai County, China, relevant stakeholders, including school officials, teachers, parents, and students, provided valuable, constructive feedback and suggestions to improve the impact of Walk Wise. Research methods included questionnaires, focus group discussions, observations, and principle interviews. Results are expected by August
As part of the multi-faceted Ubulamu Bugaga (“Life is your wealth”) campaign, new billboards were installed at boda boda (motorcycle taxi) stations throughout Kampala. Ubulamu Bugaga aims to increase helmet wearing rates and road safety knowledge among boda boda operators through workshops, radio advertisements, and public signage. Cost and comfort were reported as the main
The Coalition for Road Safety and Handicap International, funded by the Global Road Safety Partnership, together with AIP Foundation called on the Royal Government of Cambodia to take immediate action to reverse rising toll of road traffic crashes. More than 100 stakeholders from the private sector, civil society, and international community have endorsed a joint
On June 21, AIP Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding with VESPA at its head office in Bangkok. VESPA also made a donation of 196,000 THB (US$6,314) for a one-year agreement to fund Helmets for Kids. Through the memorandum of understanding, VESPA and AIP Foundation commit to collaborate closely toward their mutual aim of building road
