PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—23 and 30 July 2020 While neighboring countries are experiencing a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic or in the depths of combatting the pandemic, Cambodia returns to some sense of normalcy with roads quickly being reoccupied. Yet as road use increases so too are the risks of road injuries and community transmission
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – 28 July 2020 The USAID Labor Rights in Cambodia (LRIC) project, implemented by Solidarity Center, is supporting a series of leadership workshops for 80 trade union representatives to promote more equitable factory working conditions, including safer commutes for employees. Solidarity Center’s partner, the AIP Foundation, conducted the first workshop today,
BATTAMBANG PROVINCE, Cambodia—13 – 16 July 2020 With traffic quickly picking up in the summer months, AIP Foundation collaborated with local school management of the Battambang community through Helmets for Families, a program supported by Manulife Cambodia that promotes safe road practices, like the importance of helmet use. School administrators from Onlong Vil Primary School, one of
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
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – 1 June 2020 Over a three-year period from 2019 to 2022, 30 factories in high-risk provinces, in Phnom Penh, Kandal, Kampong Speu, and other high-risk provinces in Cambodia will be targeted with road safety policy advocacy campaigns and the formation of road safety working groups to increase awareness of the importance
In celebration of International Children’s Day, AIP Foundation hung banners with messages reminding students of life-saving behaviors, such as helmet-wearing, in front of school gates at four primary schools in Phnom Penh. The banners also featured messages directed towards parents about the dangers of speeding and distracted driving. These awareness-raising activities follow donations of nearly
The Cambodian government recently amended its Sub-Decree on Fines on Road Traffic Offenses, taking effect May 1, 2020. The amendment increases traffic fines by three to five times their previous amounts for offenses such as failure to wear a helmet, speeding, ignoring traffic signs, failing a sobriety test, and using a mobile phone while driving,
In celebration of International Women’s Day, AIP Foundation organized a helmet use forum for 40 mothers of students at Onlong Vil Primary School in Battambang, Cambodia. Educating parents of students at target schools on the importance of helmet use is a vital part of the Helmets for Families program, supported by Manulife Cambodia. At the forum, mothers received information on the impact of road
25 February – 27 February, 2019 – Phnom Penh, Cambodia Cambodia’s nationwide road crash surveillance system, the Road Crash and Victim Information System (RCVIS), found in 2018 that 45% of Cambodian road crash victims are between the ages of 15 to 29. The troubling statistic points to the vulnerability of youth as victims of road crash
