The Legal Development Program (LDP), a road safety advocacy program coordinated by AIP Foundation, kicked-off its third year of working to create safe roads in Thailand. The initiative, which is a global effort led by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the World Health Organization, aims to build the capacity of key stakeholders to strengthen legislation in the country. During the
AIP Foundation launched a Young Ambassadors for Road Safety (YARS) network that will empower university students to design and implement sustainable road safety awareness activities for more than 3,000 of their peers. During the program’s kick-off ceremony, a helmet design competition was also announced. The capacity building program will work with three universities located in
Nearly 550 primary school students received quality helmets and were encouraged to wear them as part of their school uniforms during the kick-off ceremony for a new Helmets for Kids program, which is supported by the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB). The road safety initiative aims to make young road users attending Anuk Wat Koruk
Sixty community stakeholders, including representatives from local government agencies and schools, attended the kick-off workshop for the current phase of Walk This Way. The latest phase of the pedestrian safety program is working with primary and secondary schools, as well as public sector organizations, located along Ho Chi Minh City’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor. Construction
APM Terminals and AIP Foundation conducted truck driver road safety trainings at Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT), which is located in the fast-growing market of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Vietnam. The terminal neighbors National Highway 51, a notoriously dangerous roadway on which vulnerable users, such as motorcyclists and bicyclists, drive alongside heavy container and truck
As part of the Helmets for Kids program, supported by the Natural Growth Co., Ltd., more than 200 community members participated in extracurricular activities that aimed to raise awareness about the importance of helmet use. Representatives from government agencies and non-governmental organizations facilitated the activities for students, teachers, and parents from Thairath Wittaya 5 School. These included
Greig Craft, founder and president of AIP Foundation, met with fellow road safety advocates from the international community in London, United Kingdom, during the recent Global Initiative for Child Health & Mobility (CHMI) partners meeting and the FIA Foundation Programmes Forum. Representatives from FIA Foundation, World Resources Institute, the United Nations, the Overseas Development Institute, UNICEF, and Save
Thatchawut Jardbandista, a member of AIP Foundation’s Legal Development Program (LDP), joined fellow road safety experts to discuss recent research examining causes of crashes during a seminar titled “The Awareness…Thailand Traffic.” During the meeting, which was hosted by the Police Education Bureau of the Royal Thai Police, Jardbandista talked about the circumstances surrounding a recent major crash involving a
AIP Foundation, operating as Safe Kids Vietnam, presented new results from the 2014-2016 implementation of Walk This Way in District 9 of Ho Chi Minh City, which show an increase in students’ safe pedestrian behaviors. The percentage of students crossing the road using a pedestrian crosswalk increased from 48.9% at baseline to 81.2% in 2016.
In 2016, we celebrated our 17th year of saving lives in low- and middle-income countries. Our diverse programs – ranging from developing truck driving trainings and educating children, to empowering the media and advocating local governments – spanned four countries. We distributed 17,444 quality helmets during the 2015-2016 school year, and worked with more than 370,000 students, teachers, and
