This week, AIP Foundation and the Thai Health Promotion Foundation’s Developing Work for Traffic Police to Reduce Road Accident (phase 4) Project held a brainstorming meeting on the Appropriate Speed Limit for Road Traffic Act B.E. 2522 (1979) at I Residence Hotel in Bangkok. The meeting aimed to provide a platform for agencies responsible for
In the week following the deaths of two students in Dhaka, Bangladesh who were killed by a bus driver racing to collect passengers, unprecedented student protests and international backlash were at the center of the country’s headlines. AIP Foundation Thailand Chairperson Ratana H. Winther was interviewed on two national television programs regarding these events, the
Together with Wat Phraya Krai Police Station, the Road Accident Victims Protection Company Limited, and A.P. Honda Co., Ltd., AIP Foundation organized extra-curricular activities for 28 fifth graders at Wat Rachasingkorn School in Bangkok to help them refresh their road safety knowledge through games as part of the Safe School, Safe Community program. The program aims to increase helmet use among children,
Last week, AIP Foundation attended the closing ceremony of More Untold Stories: Road Safety Journalism Fellowship 2018 at the Bliston Suwan Park View hotel. At the ceremony, we discussed and reviewed the collaboration between Legal Development Program (LDP) and the fellowship since its launch in March this year. These joint efforts have, among others, led to improvement of
AIP Foundation recently joined more than 100 government road safety representatives from 16 districts of Songkhla province at a Road Safety Watch Network workshop organized by the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Regional Center 12 Songkhla. The workshop, presided over by Acting Sub Lt.Trakul Totham, the director of the DDPM Regional Center 12 Songkhla, was supported by the Thai
AIP Foundation’s China Country Manager and Vietnam Program Manager attended the fifth Global Road Safety Leadership Course held in Baltimore, U.S.A. This program is co-organized by the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) and the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) with support from the Bloomberg Philanthropies. Over two weeks, participants built leadership skills to design
As part of the Helmets for Kids road safety program in Thailand, 500 helmets will be donated to two primary schools where less than 4% of students currently wear helmets on their commute to school. Both schools are located in high-density traffic areas in the Mueang district of Nakhon Si Thammarat province. Within the last year alone,
After another successful year of Helmets for Families programming, we hosted a year-end review workshop at the Ho Chi Minh City’s Traffic Safety Committee office in District 1. We gathered representatives from six of our targeted primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss their experiences with the program as well as to collaborate on the next school
University students serving as road safety ambassadors began filming at Ho Chi Minh Agricultural and Forestry University’s campus in Thu Duc District for a four part Safety Delivered public awareness campaign. Safety Delivered, sponsored by The UPS Foundation, focuses on school-based road safety education, public awareness campaigns, and quality motorcycle helmet distribution and education. The short videos will cover
On 25 July, 2018, Legal Development Program (LDP) held the Effective Enforcement through Strengthening Road Safety Legislation workshop at I Residence Hotel in Bangkok. The morning sessions consisted of two lectures by LDP members Pol Maj Gen Pongson Kongtreekaew and Supa Chotngam. While Pol Maj Gen Pongson Kongtreekaew outlined enforcement gaps and challenges in the Road Traffic
