A number of our programs and initiatives are highlighted in a new report on improving global road safety that was issued by United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres. The UN document draws attention to key activities and achievements by the global road safety community in pursuance of the Decade of Action and Sustainable Development Goal
Our public service announcement video– “Tell Aunt PIA, She Can Sort it Out!”– has been selected for the 2017 APHA Global Public Health Film Festival being held during the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo (Nov. 4 – Nov. 8 ) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. The video will be screened alongside feature films,
AIP Foundation CEO Mirjam Sidik attended the 12th International Conference for Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS) in Ho Chi Minh City, where she presented on our Walk This Way program and its multi-sector approach to pedestrian safety in Vietnam. The theme of EASTS 2017 was “Vision and Action Programme for Safe, Green, and
The Daily News, a Thai-language daily newspaper distributed nationwide, recently sat down with Thailand Country Manager Oratai Junsuwanaruk to discuss the progress of the Slow Down to Save Lives program in implementing Bangkok’s first safe speed zone. After three months of working closely with the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA),
AIP Foundation, in collaboration with the National Road Safety Committee (NRSC) and Australian Aid, launched a helmet campaign in advance of the Pchum Ben Festival, a holiday period that sees a spike in road crash injuries and fatalities. In 2016, according to preliminary reports by police, there were 26 deaths and 149 injuries resulting from
Cambodia Country Director Pagna Kim and Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor Roxy Gleeson facilitated a three-day helmet observation training in Bogotá, Colombia with the Touring & Automóvil Club de Colombia. We joined the workshop, which was convened by the FIA Foundation, in order to share our expertise in using video-recorded helmet observation as an evaluation methodology
On behalf of AIP Foundation, Thailand Country Manager Oratai Junsuwanaruk attended a recent helmet handover ceremony organized by the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) and held at Sukhothai School in Bangkok. Through the generous support of Vespiario (Thailand) Co., Ltd., 1,000 children’s helmets were donated at the ceremony. The DDPM organized the handover ceremony
Greig Craft, President and Founder of AIP Foundation, attended Vietnam’s annual off-road car racing tournament this month, where he spoke of AIP Foundation’s preparations to launch the Automobile Association Vietnam (AA Vietnam) in 2018. The AA Vietnam will offer various motor services to its members and seeks measures that ensure greater road safety within the
The Walk This Way pedestrian safety program carried out a needs assessment and conducted baseline research at 37 primary and secondary schools along a planned bus corridor in Ho Chi Minh City, in order to understand the potential problems child pedestrians will encounter during its construction and execution. The research focused on target areas of
To kick off the new school year, Walk Wise collaborated with the Kai Zhou Education department and the local traffic police department to implement the first road safety course integrated into the official school curriculum in the district. The curriculum incorporates interactive activities focused on traffic signals and road crash case studies in order to
