AIP Foundation organized a Social and Policy Change Communications workshop in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) Thailand, Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS), and Internews, to build the capacity of Legal Development Program (LDP) members to advocate for road safety legislative and policy change in Thailand. In addition to LDP members, representatives from partner organizations
Since November 2017, AIP Foundation and Grab Thailand joined forces to deliver road safety education to over 800 students, parents, and teachers at Wat Chong Nonsi School in Bangkok as part of our Helmets for Kids program. As the program comes to a close, we have a special video to showcase our activities and achievements over the past five
Street Wise and Songkhla Province worked together to launch a road checkpoint in preparation for the upcoming Songkran festival period, which tends to see a dangerous spike in road traffic injuries and fatalities each year. At the launch, students and teachers from participating schools wore traditional Thai outfits, seizing on the popularity of ‘Love Destiny’, a smash hit
The Core Group Bus team held its first meeting at the Road Safety Policy Foundation, where group participants, including four Legal Development Program (LDP) members, shared ideas and discussed plans to improve school bus safety through legislative solutions. According to data gathered by the Road Safety Policy Foundation, in 2017 there were 30 school bus-related
Thailand Country Manager Oratai Junsuwanaruk and Legal Development Program (LDP) member Pisith Wongthiathana recently attended the “Editors’ Roundtable on Why Road Safety Matters” to provide recommendations for the upcoming launch of the Road Safety Journalism Fellowship 2018 program and a joint workshop with LDP in late April. Other participants at the event, which was hosted
AIP Foundation Thailand was one of more than 20 exhibitors at the Annual Disaster Prevention and Mitigation event in Songkhla Province, an event to promote network building, collaboration, and knowledge sharing among organizations. The event, hosted by Songkhla Governor Dondej Pattanarat and the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Regional Center 12 (DPMRC 12), had over 500
The Legal Development Program (LDP) held the first strategic meeting of 2018 on 21 March at the I Residence Hotel in Bangkok. At the meeting, LDP members and stakeholders discussed the latest information on road safety strategies, policy and implementation gaps, and opportunities for improvement. Participants also prepared a work plan to align with the national government’s long-term goals.
Thailand Country Manager Oratai Junsuwanaruk met with representatives from Internews to discuss ways that our Legal Development Program can collaborate with the international nonprofit to advocate for better road safety laws and enforcement in Thailand. The meeting focused on the 2018 Road Safety Journalism Fellowship in Thailand, a collaboration between Internews and the World Health Organization and supported by the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety
Gearing up for the launch of Street Wise Phase III, AIP Foundation staff visited the participating primary schools to discuss the program’s plans and activities. The team also met with district officers and the director of Ban Yang Ngam Municipal 1 School, the latest addition to the program. As part of Phase III, Street Wise will be implemented at 11
As part of a new public awareness campaign in Thailand, our Safety Delivered program has released a new viral video that proves just how “crazy” it is to use a phone while driving. The video, titled “The Science of Crazy,” centers around the concept that using a phone while driving is so crazy that science has a
