The National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) and Honda Vietnam Company Ltd (Honda Vietnam) have announced that approximately 1.95 million quality helmets will be donated to all first-graders in Vietnam at the beginning of the upcoming 2018 school year. Protec, our social enterprise helmet factory, will produce approximately 700,000 of the

AIP Foundation Thailand Chairperson Ratanawadee H. Winther and Thailand Country Manager Oratai Junsuwanaruk presented on behalf of AIP Foundation at the ‘East Asia & Pacific Workshop on a Safe and Healthy Journey to School’ held in Bangkok, Thailand. UNICEF organized the meeting with support from the FIA Foundation, the Child Health Initiative, and the United

As the 2017-2018 school year came to a close, our pedestrian safety program Walk Wise successfully completed its year-end review of two of our program schools. Nanba No. 2 Primary School and Kunchi Vocational Middle School were both reviewed against a variety of criteria in order to measure their progress over the past year. This included knowledge tests of participating students, stakeholder

A representative from the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC), Deputy Chief Secretary Mrs. Trinh Thu Ha, attended the orientation workshop for our new Slow Zone, Safe Zone program being implemented in Pleiku City, Vietnam. The commitment on a national level to the outcomes of the program represents an important achievement for Slow Zone, Safe Zone, which aims to reduce road

AIP Foundation was invited to present at the Malaysia Commuting Accident and Road Safety Seminar (MyCARSS) 2018 on the topic of Transport Safety among Workers in Developing Countries. Louise Goldman, AIP Foundation’s Policy and Program Advisor, presented a case study of the transport safety risks impacting Cambodia’s commuting factory workers. Commuting safety has been a

AIP Foundation, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS), hosted the second LDP meeting of the year in Bangkok. Participants exchanged views and shared information on four key issues: speeding, school bus safety, the Road Traffic Act reform, and two- and three-wheeler safety. At the meeting,

Every day, 3,500 people are killed on the world’s roads. Young people are particularly affected as road crashes are the number one cause of death of 15 to 29 year olds. To combat this alarming trend, we have partnered with the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) and the FIA Foundation to support their #3500LIVES campaign

Cambodia Country Director Pagna Kim presented at two national events this month to advocate for improved garment and footwear workers road safety. The commute of garment factory workers to and from work is becoming increasingly hazardous due to the continued use of unsafe and overloaded vehicles and the location of factories near increasingly busy national

Thanks to our Helmets for Families program implementation this year, both the average helmet-use rates among students and the percentage of parents and students wearing quality helmets have increased dramatically. Average helmet-use rates among students increased from 62% to 77% at our four schools in the Hoc Mon district of Ho Chi Minh City and

Throughout May and June, 60 youth road safety ambassadors from our Safety Delivered program visited businesses,  households, and schools across four districts of Phnom Penh to educate residents on the dangers of using a mobile phone while driving. The students distributed educational pamphlets to the community members, put up banners, and answered questions on distracted driving during the meetings. Other