AIP Foundation coordinated with the People’s Police Academy to organize four traffic safety lessons for 100 students of Tien Phong A Primary School in Me Linh, Hanoi and 100 students of Vo Liet Primary School in Thanh Chuong, Nghe An Province. Approximately 60 parents also participated in the program. This marks the first time that
AIP Foundation President Greig Craft attended the FIA Joint Conference in Sun City, South Africa where he spoke of the need for thorough monitoring and reporting, using the two-decade long campaign for increased helmet use among motorcycle riders in Vietnam as an example. After campaigning on the issue for many years, in 2007, Vietnam enacted
Sawai Seesai graduated from Mahamakut Buddhist University, Bangkok, Thailand, as a member of the Humanities Faculty with a major in English. He has a Master’s degree in Language and Communication from School of Language and Communication, National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), and has a PhD from the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Bangkok, Thailand. He worked as
In 2018, we completed our 19th year of saving lives in low- and middle-income countries. Our diverse programs – ranging from advocating on behalf of garment and footwear factory workers and educating underserved ethnic minority communities, to empowering university students to act as ambassadors for their peers – spanned five countries. In Cambodia, China, Myanmar,
Leading up to the 3rd United Nations Ministerial Meeting scheduled in Sweden in February 2020, Vietnam has been selected to launch a 5-continent initiative organized by the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety. The initiative supports the UN Voluntary Global Performance Targets for Road Safety. At the event, a symbolic baton was handed over
Save the Children and AIP Foundation held a Training of Trainers for community leaders on school safety awareness at Grand Sukhumvit Hotel in Bangkok as part of The 7% Project. In the morning, guest speakers including AIP Foundation’s Oratai Junsuwanaruk, Save the Children’s Arun Wattanapalin, and the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation’s Pisith Wongthiathana provided participants with
Experts from over 30 organizations led by the Government of Sweden and the World Health Organization (WHO) met in Paris, France, on February 7, 2019 to shape the agenda of the 3rd UN Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. AIP Foundation President Greig Craft attended the meeting as part of the High-Level Consultative Committee (HLCC),
AIP Foundation attended the launch of the World Health Organization’s 2018 Global Status Report on Road Safety at Grand Mercure Bangkok Fortune in Bangkok. Despite a slight decrease in the total number of road fatalities, which now stands at 22,491 per year, motorcycle deaths remain high and young people aged 15-29 still account for the majority of
FIA Foundation’s 2018 Annual Report just launched, detailing all of the work FIA Foundation is doing towards engaging young people to tackle the road safety crisis, negotiating political roadblocks to safety reforms, creating a child health coalition, and many other successful projects. The joint report written by FIA Foundation and AIP Foundation, HEAD FIRST: A case
AIP Foundation and the Coalition for Road Safety (CRY) convened an annual conference on road safety with support and participation of the National Road Safety Committee (NRSC) and National Police. The conference was supported by Manulife Cambodia, Cambodia Airports, Royal Cambodian Limousine Service, Chip Mong Insee, Forte Insurance, Canhomes, and Mercedes Benz. The conference was