Legal Development Program (LDP) members participated in the Royal Thai Police’s public hearing in Bangkok on the draft Road Traffic Act. The public hearing aimed to gather input on proposed changes to the Act from experts, stakeholders, and the general public. In total, the public hearing attracted 500 attendees including civil society, private sector, and government representatives from
AIP Foundation staff visited Thesaban Tambon Tha Phae School and Rajaprajanugroh 4 School in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, two Helmets for Kids program schools where approximately 80% of students commute to school by motorcycle or bicycle. While there, our staff conducted helmet-wearing baseline surveys, which found that the helmet wearing rate for students at Rajaprajanugroh 4 School is 0% and
AIP Foundation visited the Parliament House in Bangkok to submit our proposed school bus safety policy recommendations to Surachai Liangboonlertchai, First Vice President of the National Legislative Assembly. At the same meeting, AIP Foundation Thailand Country Manager Oratai Junsuwanaruk also proposed ways that policymakers can provide support to local administrative organizations to arrange safe school
Over 600 parents, or 80% of parents from Ban Khao Daeng School and Muang Singhanakhon Municipal 1 (Ban Yang Ngam) School in Songkhla province participated in parent training workshops held as part of Street Wise Phase III. The workshops, which were held on 13 and 27 May, aim to introduce the program to parents and
Two members of the Legal Development Program (LDP), Pol Lt Colonel Dr. Panupong Panudulkitti, Inspector of the Traffic Police Division, and Thachawut Jardbandista, a Road Safety Group Thailand project coordinator, conducted interviews with journalists as part of our collaboration with the Road Safety Journalism Fellowship 2018. The interviews covered topics including unlicensed and unregistered motorcycle
The Legal Development Program (LDP) network held a Seminar on School Bus Safety Policy and Standards in Bangkok, bringing together more than 60 people from various organizations and sectors. The seminar consisted of two sessions, starting with a panel discussion on school bus standards led by LDP members, a teacher and community advocate, and AIP
AIP Foundation’s Thailand Country Manager Oratai Junsuwanaruk made two guest appearances on FM 99.5’s (Traffic Radio for Society) Save & Care program to discuss our recent work on the issues of distracted driving and school bus safety in Thailand. The interviews focused on the three-month social media campaign we ran earlier this year to educate young people
AIP Foundation and representatives from the Rotary Clubs of Srapatum and Bangkorlaem met with Wat Rachasingkorn School executives in Bangkok to discuss implementation of the new Safe School, Safe Community program at the school. It is a five-month program that aims to increase helmet use among children, teachers and parents to better protect them from head injury
As part of Street Wise Phase III, we recently held a training for 80 teachers from 11 participating schools at Wat Sathit Chonlathan School, Songkhla province, to introduce the theory and practice of our primary school-level road safety curriculum. The training, which was led by Master Trainers who had also been trained the previous day
AIP Foundation Thailand was among the representatives from civil society invited to provide input on the Department of Land Transport’s (DLT) Management and Human Resources Development Master Plan. At the meeting, held by the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) in Bangkok, Oratai gave suggestions on road safety management and ways to improve enforcement of relevant laws
