AIP Foundation presented results from Walk Wise’s five years of road safety programming in Kaizhou District to relevant stakeholders, including representatives from Chevron, Kaizhou District government officials, and students from the program schools. In 2012, AIP Foundation, with the support of Chevron, launched Walk Wise in the Kaizhou District of Chongqing, a mountainous region where
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 around the world. More
As part of the Manulife-supported Helmets for Families program, 43 teachers at Vealvong Primary School participated in a road safety training that provided vital knowledge on road safety and motorcycle helmet use as well as techniques for encouraging students to adhere to road safety regulations. The teachers worked with the training facilitator to create a lesson plan
Helmets for Kids expanded its road safety education efforts to Yen Bai Province today and donated 1,500 high-quality helmets to the school community. The program, which is supported by Johnson & Johnson, celebrated the launch of its sixth year with a ceremony at Au Lau Primary School in Yen Bai Province that was attended by
In preparation for the launch of the Helmets for Families program at Vealvong Primary School in Kampong Cham, Manulife employees volunteered their time to work alongside AIP Foundation staff to paint a road safety mural. This mural will serve as a reminder for students, staff, and their families how to correctly wear a helmet whenever
We joined FM 99.5 Traffic Radio for Society to discuss this year’s final evaluation results for our Street Wise program, which is supported by Chevron Thailand. Key findings of the evaluation showed that between 2015 and 2017 the helmet-wearing rate among children increased from 3% to 55% in the 10 target schools in the Singhanakorn
AIP Foundation President and Founder Greig Craft and Deputy CEO Na Huong Hoang attended the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) Strength in Numbers Annual Conference in Charlottesville, Virginia. Mr. Craft discussed our successful partnership with Abbott on the Helmets for Families program as part of a joint presentation with Abbott representatives Nancy Liaboe and Mike Ha. Since
AIP Foundation CEO Mirjam Sidik joined fellow road safety advocates at the 2017 Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC2017), the largest road safety-dedicated conference in the Southern Hemisphere. At the conference, Sidik presented on our contributions to Vietnam’s National Child Helmet Action Plan, which aims to increase helmet use among child motorcycle passengers. She also discussed Street Wise, our
Since beginning Phase II of Street Wise in January, helmet-wearing rates at the five new program schools in the Singhanakhon and Muang Districts of Songkhla Province have increased from 0% to 55%. The latest stage of Street Wise, an initiative supported by Chevron Thailand, expanded road safety programming from five schools to a total of 10. Street Wise staff presented
Mirjam Sidik, CEO of AIP Foundation, presented at the ‘Every Journey, Every Child’ Conference in London, UK. Her presentation discussed AIP Foundation’s holistic approach to improving child safety, particularly creating safe systems through evidence, advocacy, and action. The presentation was part of a panel for strategies for safer journeys to school. Hosted by the FIA Foundation,