The Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Safety Committee kicked off its 2018 road safety activities with a ceremony and road show to raise awareness within the community. The event was attended by 1,500 guests, including leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, members of 24 Districts of the Ho Chi Minh City Traffic
Kinhte&Dothi, an Urban Economy Newspaper in Vietnam, conducted an interview with AIP Foundation President Greig Craft on the provisions of the Criminal Law issued in 2015 by the Vietnamese government. The law states that pedestrians who violate traffic laws and cause serious damage in a crash can be convicted to up to 7-15 years in
AIP Foundation staff visited Grab Taxi Thailand’s office to hand-deliver an organic gift basket and discuss the upcoming launch of Helmets for Kids at Wat Chong Nonsi School, Bangkok, set for January 2018. The five-month program, which is being implemented between November 2017 and March 2018, is supported by Grab Taxi. In July 2017, Grab ran a campaign in Bangkok pledging
Twenty-seven newly trained ambassadors from the Safety Delivered program carried out education and awareness raising activities on road safety and helmet use for 2,253 students from Preak Leap Primary School and Neak Oknha Mohapheakdey Hun Neang Beong Trabeak South Primary School. The road safety ambassadors used extracurricular activities such as interactive games and question and answer to make
Two master trainers from Kaizhou District of Chongqing assisted Walk Wise in conducting a training workshop for teachers at Nanba No. 2 Primary School and Kunchi Primary School in Nanba Township, China. The workshop is designed to reinforce the importance of road safety education within the classroom and to improve teachers’ knowledge of road safety
AIP Foundation convened a dialogue and reflection workshop to review year-end results from the Young Ambassadors for Road Safety (YARS) program in Siem Reap. The event reflected on the achievements and lessons learned by the student ambassadors as well as their plans for the future sustainability of the program. The convening also served as an
President Greig Craft accepted an award on behalf of AIP Foundation from the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) for our contributions to development as a foreign non-governmental organization (FNGO). The ceremony was attended by representatives from Vietnamese ministries, departments, agencies, and provinces as well as from various development agencies and FNGOs operating in Vietnam.
As part of the Safety Delivered program supported by The UPS Foundation, AIP Foundation organized training workshops for 210 road safety ambassadors from seven universities in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. The capacity-building workshop will equip the university students with the knowledge and skills to promote safe driving behaviors among their peers through workshops, word-of-mouth, clubs, and events.
Walk Wise gathered 2,000 students as well as parents, local officials, school administrators, and Chevron representatives for the formal launch of its new road safety program at four schools in Nanba Township. The event aimed to enhance the cooperation and engagement among stakeholder organizations on road safety issues and increase schools’ participation, thereby expanding the
As part of our Helmets for Kids program, 9 teachers and 74 students at Wat Chong Nonsi School in Bangkok participated in a road safety training facilitated by AIP Foundation staff and an expert on road safety laws. The teachers then applied their newly-acquired knowledge by designing fun learning activities, including coloring, quizzes and plays,
