
1,700 celebrate launch of pedestrian safety program at International Walk to School Month event
More than 1,700 students, school staff, government stakeholders, and community leaders joined together to celebrate International Walk to School Month and the launch of the new 4-year plan for the Walk This Way program, sponsored by FedEx Express. The Pedestrian Safety Gala was hosted at Hong Bang Secondary School in District 5 of Ho Chi

Thailand Country Manager discusses school-based programs at Rotary Club in Bangkok
Thailand Country Manager, Oratai Junsuwanaruk, presented to the Rotary Club of Srapathum on the AIP Foundation’s school-based education and awareness projects. She was also presented with a Certificate of Appreciation during the visit. The Rotary Club of Srapathum is a chapter of Rotary International, an organization dedicated to supporting communities through service. It boasts 1.2 million members worldwide.

Power company teams up with secondary school for road safety education program
AES-VCM Mong Duong Power Company staff joined 600 secondary school students and teachers for a road safety education training program during the company’s annual “Values Day” celebration. The company also donated 600 helmets to the students at Mong Duong Secondary School in Vietnam’s Quang Ninh Province. Local government representatives, including those from the provincial Traffic Safety Committee,

Helmets for Kids project profiled in Singapore Management University publication
“Catalyst Asia,” a bi-annual magazine published by the Institute for Societal Leadership at Singapore Management University, profiled the principal of a Helmets for Kids project school in Udon Thani Province. Tanongsak Haprom has made helmets a mandatory part of his students’ uniforms. In April 2016, helmet wearing rates at half of the Helmets for Kids program schools in

Thai government officials craft policy suggestions to improve speeding laws in communities
Members of the Legal Development Program (LDP) conducted a brainstorming meeting for Thai government officials that focused on developing ideas for new speeding legislation and enforcement efforts. The group discussed setting speed limits, installing signage, and developing punishments for violating laws. It also created a timeline and code of conduct for improving speeding law enforcement

California high school raises $1,000 for helmet donations
This month, 18-year-old Amy Lee visited our Ho Chi Minh City office on behalf of her school in the California, U.S.A., Rolling Hills Prep and Renaissance Schools, to present the proceeds from a recent fundraiser conducted by the school’s “Cakes for Causes” club. The school doubled its target and was able to raise $1,000, which

Student helmet wearing rates in Southern Thailand increase by 35% over two years
Over the past two years, helmet-wearing rates at Street Wise project schools in Songkhla Province, an initiative supported by Chevron, have increased from 3% to 38%. Street Wise staff presented the program’s final evaluation results to government stakeholders at the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation in Songkhla Province, where Street Wise has been implemented

More than 400 teachers in China trained on road safety curriculum for Walk Wise school activities
AIP Foundation staff trained more than 400 teachers from the 23 Walk Wise project schools in road safety curriculum to teach their students in the coming semester. The workshop aimed to increase teachers’ understanding of the importance road safety as well as increase their capacity to work with their students. The AIP Foundation team will

Helmets for Kids expands to serving ethnic minority children in Vietnam
To increase helmet use rates of children within the provinces of Dong Nai, Gia Lai, and Quang Nam, AIP Foundation, supported by Johnson & Johnson, will provide 21 primary schools in these provinces with 5,300 high quality helmets and road safety education under the Helmets for Kids program throughout the current school year. Today, members

AIP Foundation Deputy CEO discusses the importance of child helmet use in global webinar
Hoang Thi Na Huong, Deputy CEO of AIP Foundation, discussed the importance of child helmet use during a webinar hosted by the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety as part of the “Crash Course in Key Risk Areas” series. She shared information on the importance of wearing helmets while riding on motorcycles. She also