Source: John Menadue – Pearls and Irritations, 27 June, 2016. Vietnam has high rates of drink-driving among young taxi drivers, workers, and beginning drivers, and very high rates of young people having traveled as a passenger alongside a drunk driver. The country is known as having a much higher alcohol consumption rate than in other
Over 2,000 students, parents, and teachers from Wicheinchom School in the Muang District of Songkhla Province gathered today along with invited stakeholders to celebrate the second year of the Street Wise pedestrian safety project, a collaboration between AIP Foundation and Chevron Thailand. Along with numerous road-safety-related activities, 1,000 helmets were donated to children at the
AIP Foundation’s Walk Wise project, which is enabled by Chevron, recently organized a group photo competition for three middle schools in Kai County. The contest aimed to improve the knowledge and awareness of the students on the topic of road safety in an interactive and creative format. On May 27th, an exhibition of submitted photos
AIP Foundation and The UPS Foundation have signed a memorandum of understanding to announce their cooperation on a new project, Safety Delivered. The signing ceremony took place during an American Chamber of Commerce business event attended by senior American diplomats on the occasion of U.S. President Barack Obama’s historic first visit to Vietnam. Greig Craft,
As a crucial component in fostering sustainable road safety education through the Street Wise project, a joint effort between AIP Foundation and Chevron Thailand, 17 teachers from 6 schools in Songkhla Province attended a three-day workshop to become “Master Trainers” of the road safety curriculum developed for the community by AIP Foundation. These master trainers
The first “Embassy Friends of Road Safety” meeting was held this month at the British Embassy in Bangkok to inaugurate a collective effort on the part of the diplomatic community in Thailand to address the high rates of death and injury on the country’s roads. Six ambassadors attended, representing Canada, Denmark, Holland, Germany, Ireland, Sweden,
A road safety “talk show” was organized this month at Nghi Son Secondary and High school in the Thanh Hoa Province of northern Vietnam. The event, attended by 530 high school students, was one of the school-based activities included in the Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical project, which aims to decrease the incident of road
Throughout the months of April and May, AIP Foundation, in partnership with The UPS Foundation and in collaboration with the National Traffic Safety Committee, hosted a nationwide social media campaign, with the goal of using photography to promote social change by giving parents a forum to share their experiences on the road and their support
Volunteers were out in full force at police checkpoints in Songkhla Province at the start of the Songkran Festival, the Thai New Year celebration, in hopes of promoting safe driving and educating locals about new road safety regulations. AIP Foundation was joined by 74 volunteers in total, among them representatives from Chevron Thailand Exploration and
