A delegation from the Tanzania Ministry of Home Affairs, Tanzania Prisons Service (TPS), and the Tanzania Helmet Vaccine Initiative arrived in Hanoi from Dar es Salaam on November 19th for a four-day visit to investigate helmet production and advocacy projects in Vietnam. Led by General John C. Minja, Tanzania Commissioner General of Prisons, the group was
Nearly 1,000 people in Phnom Penh gathered on November 18th to publicly mourn the 1,905 lives lost on Cambodia’s roads every year. The National Road Safety Committee and Cambodian Red Cross have partnered with the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation to observe the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. During the morning ceremony
AIP Foundation conducted a capacity building training on November 16, 2012 for teachers running the practice at the Safe Kids Vietnam Traffic Safety Park. Sponsored by Fedex, the 1,700m2traffic safety park built in 2010 provides a realistic and interactive setting for students to practice pedestrian safety. 31 teachers from as many primary schools in Trang
On Friday, November 9th, Chevron, Ltd. launched Walk Wise, a partnership with Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation, Kai County, as well as students and teachers to create a safer pedestrian environment at Gaoqiao and Qili primary schools. Walk Wise will pilot a new road safety curriculum, informed by international methodologies and written in collaboration with
AIP Foundation staff stationed in Bangkok, Phnom Penh, and Hanoi gathered with those in Ho Chi Minh City for two days in November for a workshop to leverage each countries’ experience implementing the Helmets for Kids (HfK) program. The workshop was sponsored by Travel Indochina. AIP Foundation has recently trained Travel Indochina tour guides and
On October 25th, Rob Klein AIP Foundation’s Global Development Director led a road safety training for Chevron’s Walk Wise Project in Gaoqiao, Chongqing. The main target audience of this training was twelve teachers from Gaoqiao and Qili primary schools, who are responsible for administering lessons on road safety education to their first, third, and sixth
On October 18, 2012, FedEx Express and the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation launched a Safe Kids Vietnam Model School Zone at Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Primary School, marking their continuing commitment to improve pedestrian safety in Dong Nai Province. The event was successfully organized with the representatives of FedEx, Dong Nai Traffic Safety Committee,
AIP Foundation introduced the Zooming in on Road Safety objectives, activities, and evaluation system to stakeholders at an orientation workshop on October 1st to kick-off the new initiative to take place this school year in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 9. Zooming in on Road Safety, sponsored by Intel Products Vietnam, will rally students and
Today AIP Foundation announced a three-year grant from The UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of global logistics leader UPS, totalling US $450,000. This commitment by UPS will provide helmets and road safety education for more than 27,000 students and teachers as AIP Foundation expands its Helmets for Kids program in Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand. The
AIP Foundation’s Vietnam Program Manager Nguyen Dieu Nuong joined a 40-minute talk show on VTV9 focusing on the child helmet situation in Vietnam and police enforcement during the last quarter of 2012. The other guests were Mr.Tran Khac Huy, Head of the Division of Student Affairs at the Department of Education and Training, and Mr.Nguyen
