AIP Foundation, with support from Abbott, collaborated with the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC), and the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) to kick off the Helmets for Families program at Lieu Ninh primary school in Hanoi. This is the first year the Helmets for Families program expands to Hanoi after 2 years of successfully
Walk Wise, sponsored by Chevron, celebrated China’s 4th National Road Safety Day with 37 project schools holding activities to celebrate the occasion. Schools organized a “walking school bus” to practice pedestrian safety and to spread awareness to the community. Students wore yellow caps to be visible to oncoming traffic and teachers and traffic police guarded
December 2nd is the fourth annual China National Road Safety Day. This year the theme of the road safety day is “Driving safely, be away of danger driving”. To advocate the road safety of safe driving, Walk Wise project worked with Kai County Traffic Police Department on the topic of quality helmet use of motorcycles drivers.
From 17 November to 1 December, police trainings took place at 5 of 6 FIA Foundation project provinces. 180 policemen participated in the training sessions, where they discussed child helmet use enforcement. During the trainings, police shared their experiences and difficulties after their first enforcement of child helmet use in April of this year. Training
To support the government in kicking-off traffic law enforcement on 1 January 2016, AIP Foundation’s Behavior Change Communication Program is preparing awareness-raising activities aimed at informing target communities about enforcement. Police will begin fining motorcyclists 15,000 riels for un-helmeted passengers. The activities included are the production and broadcasting of TV and radio commercials, TV and
Street Wise, sponsored by Chevron, held extracurricular activities for 1,153 students at five schools in Sighnakhon District, Songkhla. The road safety activities were facilitated by AIP Foundation with a great support and cooperation from the Singhanakhon Police Station. Activities aimed to educate students and teachers on rules, regulations, and traffic laws. Participants were encouraged to practice
Walk Wise Phase 4 project schools have begun road safety curriculum implementation for the 2015-2016 school year. The Walk Wise program team visited Heyan Primary School; the teachers were excited to teach the road safety class to help keep children safe. Teachers make the classes interesting through games to learn important skills. The school is
The Walk Wise team worked with Kai County Youth League Volunteers to conduct an investigation of helmet use among motorbike drivers. To calculate the baseline situation of helmet use of motorbike drivers in Kai County, the AIP Foundation China team worked with the local Youth League to recruit 10 volunteers to conduct the survey. This
Supported by Manulife (Cambodia) Plc, teachers at Sothearos Primary School participated in vital road safety training that focused on motorcycle helmet use. 38 teachers joined a road safety training that focused on the benefits of correct helmet use for their families and community, highlighting that an active role by teachers is required to ensure that
AIP Foundation participated in the 2nd Global High-Level Conference on Road Safety through a resolution entitled “Improving Global Road Safety”. The Conference brought together over 1,500 participants from 150 countries, among them Ministers of Health, Cities, Transport, and Interior; senior officials from United Nations agencies; representatives of civil society; and business leaders. The Conference was
