The World Bank and EMBARQ, with the financial support of the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety, held a workshop on Improving Road Safety for Non-Motorized Transport Users and Enhancing Public Transport Accessibility in Ho Chi Minh City. Over 50 participants from relevant municipal agencies such as the Department of Transport, Traffic Safety Committee, Urban Civil
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.
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
The AIP Foundation China team went Qingyang Experimental Middle School to give 42 Grade 1 students a road safety lesson. The class teaches students safe pedestrian practices through group discussion and activities. Through games and fun lessons, the students learn how to stay safe on their commutes to and from school.
In the second week of September, AIP Foundation’s Thailand Program Officer and an M&E Specialist from Mahidol University conducted midterm monitoring and evaluation at 5 schools in Singhanakhon from the 14th to 17th September 2015. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of the Chevron-sponsored Street Wise project’s implementation thus far. Helmet
FedEx Express, in collaboration with Safe Kids Vietnam and AIP Foundation celebrated International Walk to School Month and launched this year’s Walk With FedEx Tour. The event included a parade of students and representatives walking to school to support the International Walk to School Month, which was held in parallel with walks in more than
