Today, students from Kien Hung and Bien Giang Primary Schools in Hanoi received 3,091 high-quality helmets as part of the Safety Delivered program supported by The UPS Foundation. More than 2,300 participants attended the helmet handover ceremony held at Kien Hung Primary School, including representatives from UPS; traffic safety government officials and police; local partners from program
UPS staff volunteers joined over 1,000 students and teachers from Tran Van On Primary School for a school visit organized by Safety Delivered, a new regional road safety program supported by The UPS Foundation. The school visit began with a donation of over 800 quality motorcycle helmets to students of Tran Van On Primary School. Following the
Members of the Youth Ambassadors for Road Safety (YARS) program in Siem Reap promoted safe road behaviors for road users during Bon Om Touk, or the Cambodian Water Festival. The Water Festival is an important national holiday taking place over three days, but it is also known as one of the deadliest times in Cambodia
More than 50 government officials and relevant stakeholders attended an introductory workshop to celebrate the launch of the new road safety program, Safety Delivered, in Cambodia. Safety Delivered, a program supported by The UPS Foundation, will work with young, inexperienced motorcycle drivers in target universities and communities to improve their unsafe and distracted driving behaviors while also
As part of the recently launched Safety Delivered program, more than 100 teachers and parents from Kien Hung and Bien Giang Primary Schools were trained in a specialized road safety curriculum so they can educate students to be safe road users. The teachers were taught how to organize a road safety simulation activity as well as how
In preparation for implementing its new program in Vietnam, Safety Delivered conducted a baseline survey of 927 students from seven universities in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi in order to measure safe motorcycle driving knowledge, attitude, and practice among university students prior program intervention. The assessment determined that, among other key findings, 91.8% of
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
Street Wise, a program supported by Chevron Thailand Exploration & Production, Ltd., recognized 235 student leaders from 10 program schools in Muang and Singhanakhon Districts as Road Safety Ambassadors in a ceremony attended by members of the community. The event took place at Haad Kaew Resort in the Singhanakhon District of Songkhla Province. The student
AIP Foundation conducted focus group discussions with 50 students at five universities in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to identify the main causes of road crashes for young people. The discussion aimed to identify the gaps in students’ knowledge of crash prevention strategies, and how best to share road safety information with university students
AIP Foundation Thailand Chairperson, Ratanawadee H. Winther, and Thailand Country Manager, Oratai Junsuwanaruk, joined road safety peers and fellow grant recipients for the first annual Asia Seminar Grantee Workshop held in Manila, Philippines. Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) and the Global Health Advocacy Incubator hosted the convening. AIP Foundation Thailand received a grant from GRSP
