Actress and United Nations Global Road Safety Ambassador, Michelle Yeoh, joined 1,500 university students in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to launch the SAFE STEPS Road Safety campaign, a pan-Asian public service initiative spearheaded by Prudence Foundation in partnership with National Geographic and the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA). Globally, more than 1.25 million people
Representatives from AIP Foundation collaborated with fellow road safety NGOs and shared lessons learned from its own initiatives as part of the Fifth Global Meeting of Nongovernmental Organizations Advocating for Road Safety and Road Victims in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The biennial meeting was organized by the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety, the Ministry of Transport of Malaysia,
A new Safety campaign will use billboards and a public service announcement to address drowsy driving among industrial truck drivers in the Cai Mep port complex area. The Vietnamese-language campaign’s slogan, which translates to “A road crash can happen in the blink of an eye,” is featured on billboards installed along a major highway, and
Twenty-three safety directors from Walk Wise program schools participated in a biannual stakeholder meeting to foster communication regarding road safety efforts among community members. The Kaizhou District Education Department assisted AIP Foundation in organizing the meeting at Zhaojia No. 2 Primary School. During the meeting, participants discussed Walk Wise‘s successes thus far and feedback on
Daniel McHugh, an American businessman and philanthropist, and Tran Mai Anh, a Vietnamese attorney and magazine editor, have joined AIP Foundation’s Board of Advisors and Board of Directors, respectively. McHugh is CEO of Livingston International, a finance and consulting company in Chicago, Illinois. He has supported AIP Foundation since its inception, both financially and through
AIP Foundation conducted road safety trainings to more than 220 staff to Cambodia Airports, the operator of the country’s three international airports. Held on 21-30 March, the workshops provided an overview of the key road safety issues on Cambodia’s roads as well as practical tips on how to drive safely. Outside the classroom, airport staff
As part of the recently launched Phase II of the Street Wise program, 80 teachers and 254 parents were trained in a specialized road safety curriculum so they can educate students to be safe road users. The teachers were taught how to administer a road safety simulation activity as well as how to use the
As part of the school-based Walk Wise program, a partnership with Chevron, 246 parents received quality motorcycle helmets to keep them safe while driving on the mountainous roads of Kaizhou District in China. Motorcycles are an important method of transportation for low-income families in the area. Walk Wise primarily focuses on providing students, teachers, and
Six members of AIP Foundation’s team joined fellow road safety advocates at the 24th United Nations Road Safety Collaboration Meeting in Bangkok. Topics covered during the two-day meeting included progress on the Sustainable Development Goals and plans for the upcoming UN Global Road Safety Week. Pagna Kim, AIP Foundation’s Cambodia Country Director, presented during a session
Engaging extracurricular activities reinforced 600 students’ helmet safety knowledge at Ap Dinh Primary School in Hoc Mon District, one of the six schools involved in Abbott’s Helmets for Families program. Students’ behaviors have shifted during the course of the 2016-2017 program, with the average helmet wearing rates across all four schools in the district reaching
