The capital city of Beirut, Lebanon, has faced an uptick in COVID-19 cases in the weeks following the Port of Beirut explosion on August 4, which damaged several hospital facilities and left nearly 300,000 individuals without a home. In the aftermath of the explosion, the city faced damage to six of its major hospitals and 20 clinics, producing innumerable challenges for healthcare workers as they treated victims of
NANBA, China—1 – 31 August 2020 The Walk Wise program, supported by Chevron and implemented by AIP Foundation, delivered education through virtual education sessions designed to ensure social distancing while also providing life-saving road safety knowledge. The events involved a series of interactive activities to encourage feedback and suggestions from community members on safer actions as road
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – 27 August 2020 The USAID Labor Rights in Cambodia (LRIC) project, implemented by Solidarity Center, will hold its second leadership workshop of a series for 80 trade union representatives articulating a vision of safety policies to protect factory workers on the roads as part of the Commuting Safety for Cambodian Workers
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam—19 August 2020 AIP Foundation’s social enterprise, Protec, a helmet maker, recently added COVID-19 mask production in its factory for humanitarian assistance. 10,000 medical masks and gloves will be donated to Abou Jaoude Hospital in Beirut after the recent deadly explosion of Ammonium Nitrate. Hard hit hospitals in Beirut are suffering
BANGKOK, Thailand – 6 August, 2020 AIP Foundation has partnered with Toll to launch a new Hauling Safety program in Thailand, aimed at supporting communities in tackling high-risk journeys for students traveling to and from school through quality safety education and equipment for students, parents, and community members. In Thailand, where traveling by motorcycle is a common
NANBA, XUANHAN, China — 27-30 July 2020 In rural parts of China, like Nanba Town in Sichuan, China, pedestrians are often exposed to the dangers and risks of the roads, but seldom do they have the opportunity to access education on the safe road behaviors that could very well save their own life and the
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—23 and 30 July 2020 While neighboring countries are experiencing a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic or in the depths of combatting the pandemic, Cambodia returns to some sense of normalcy with roads quickly being reoccupied. Yet as road use increases so too are the risks of road injuries and community transmission
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – 28 July 2020 The USAID Labor Rights in Cambodia (LRIC) project, implemented by Solidarity Center, is supporting a series of leadership workshops for 80 trade union representatives to promote more equitable factory working conditions, including safer commutes for employees. Solidarity Center’s partner, the AIP Foundation, conducted the first workshop today,
THAI NGUYEN AND YEN BAI, Vietnam–17 and 22 July 2020 Helmets for Kids, AIP Foundation’s program supported by Johnson & Johnson, promotes child helmet use and delivers student road safety education. Two three-part events were held, which comprised of a review workshop, orientation session, and teacher training in Thai Nguyen and Yen Bai provinces, Vietnam, to discuss
BATTAMBANG PROVINCE, Cambodia—13 – 16 July 2020 With traffic quickly picking up in the summer months, AIP Foundation collaborated with local school management of the Battambang community through Helmets for Families, a program supported by Manulife Cambodia that promotes safe road practices, like the importance of helmet use. School administrators from Onlong Vil Primary School, one of
