PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – January 25-28, 2021 As part of the Commuting Safety for Cambodian Workers (CSCW) program, funded by USAID and in partnership with Solidarity Centre, AIP Foundation hosted a two-day workshop series for technical staff of union federations and trade unions, focusing on commuting safety training. The workshop had two groups, on January 25-26 and
KAMPONG SPUE, Cambodia – December 29, 2020 Over 80 factory workers across three factories, in Svay Rieng, Kandal, and Kampong Spue provinces, participated in AIP Foundation’s “Speak Up” campaign. The campaign provides a platform, which empowers factory workers to address safety issues that they experience on a daily basis to management. In the workshop, participants
WASHINGTON, D.C. — December 14, 2020 Protec, a Vietnamese social enterprise and producer of personal protective equipment, donated 20,000 medical masks to provide life-saving support to healthcare workers and residents in Washington, D.C. The donation of the 20,000 masks have been directed to healthcare workers and patients at Unity Health Care, the largest network of
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—November 25, 26, 30 and December 1, 2020 AIP Foundation led 2-day road safety training sessions for supervisors from three different factories, which happen to be located in high-risk areas for commuting workers. Supervisors would become leaders in disseminating the knowledge from trainings to their peers and staff as part of the Commuting Safety
TAKEO, KAMPOUNG SPEU, KOMPONG CHNNANG, and PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—October 7- 8, 2020 Through the Prevention and Participation (P&P) program, AIP Foundation staff visited four factories to survey suitability for future activities to improve worker’s road safety knowledge, and good practices using a motor vehicle. While meeting management and factory representatives, which account for more than
KANDAL, KAMPOUNG SPEU, and SVAY RIENG PROVINCE, Cambodia–September 29, 2020 – October 2, 2020 Road safety is an ever-present issue for factory workers as dangerous commutes become a part of every day life. Garment and footwear factory representatives participated in a series of training sessions organized under the Commuting Safety for Cambodian Workers (CSCW) program. As road
KAMPOUNG SPEU, Cambodia—October 1, 2020 As part of the Commuting Safety for Cambodian Workers (CSCW) program, supported by USAID and Solidarity Center, AIP Foundation met with the Kampong Speu Provincial Police Commissioner on implementation plans, including law enforcement measures, to improve road safety for factory workers. With more than 80 factories, many located on hectic main roads, Kampong
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – 27 August 2020 The USAID Labor Rights in Cambodia (LRIC) project, implemented by Solidarity Center, will hold its second leadership workshop of a series for 80 trade union representatives articulating a vision of safety policies to protect factory workers on the roads as part of the Commuting Safety for Cambodian Workers
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia–May – June 2020 As part of the global fight against COVID-19, AIP Foundation partnered with Solidarity Center and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to produce nearly 500 posters and 1,500 banners that promoted World Health Organization (WHO) approved methods to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in Cambodian garment factories. These materials were placed within 200 factories
Road Safety Working Groups established to advocate for safer commutes within Cambodian factories May – June 2020, Phnom Penh In the months of May and June, AIP Foundation Cambodia held solution-oriented meetings with government stakeholders, civil society organizations, and factory worker trade union representatives, to raise awareness of issues facing garment and factory workers during
