On January 11, 2013, Hun Sen Prek Russey Primary School in Takhmao City, Kandal Province and the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation will host a kick-off ceremony to launch the Helmets for Kids (HFK) initiative sponsored by The UPS Foundation for 2,887 students and teachers at three schools in Kandal and Kampong Speu provinces. Road

On January 10th, Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation announced a new range of activities to increase helmet use among motorcycle passengers, of whom only 7% wear helmets on Cambodia’s roads. At the launch, AIP Foundation called on local government ministries, institutions, and media agencies to join in efforts to increase helmet use. 24 stakeholders from

On January 9, 2013, Tran Nhan Ton Primary School in Binh Chanh district, Ho Chi Minh City and the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation hosted a kick-off ceremony to launch the Helmets for Kids (HFK) initiative sponsored by The UPS Foundation for 2,904 students and teachers at Tran Nhan Ton, Tran Van On, Pham Van

On January 4, 2013, Diversey, a leading global provider of cleaning and hygiene solutions, will continue its partnership with the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation to host a helmet donation top-off ceremony for Cam Thuong Primary School’s newly arrived first-graders. Their older classmates have all received helmets and road safety education through Diversey’s generous sponsorship

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