The Songkran (Thai New Year) holiday period is a particularly dangerous time on Thailand’s roads, with 321 dying in road traffic crashes during the 7 day holiday period in 2013. In the lead-up to Songkran 2014, AIP Foundation joined two campaigns promoting road safety. On 10 April, AIP Foundation launched the “Drive Safely for Songkran
On February 11th and 13th, The UPS Foundation and AIP Foundation commenced the second year of the Helmets for Kids program in Udon Thani with a donation of 2,697 helmets to children of Ban Makkhang School and Nong Sumrong Wittaya School. The helmet donation was celebrated with “Road Safety Day” events at each school to promote the continuous use
On January 15th, AIP Foundation staff conducted extracurricular activities at Wat Prachum Mitr Bumrung School in Rayong province in Thailand. These were the second activities conducted under Solvay’s sponsorship of the Helmets for Kids program and were organized as follow-up to Solvay’s donation of 238 helmets to the school. The afternoon’s activities discussed the fundamentals of road safety and helmet
On January 9, 2014, AIP Foundation handed over 140 helmets to students of Thai Rath Wittaya 75 Primary School in Bangkok. At the helmet handover ceremony, students received high-quality helmets kindly donated by Vespiario (Thailand) Co., Ltd. and AIP Foundation staff conducted a training on proper helmet use, followed by remarks from representatives from the
On January 7th, AIP Foundation Thailand launched a second trial “pop-up” helmet retail kiosk at a gas station in Suan Luang, Bangkok, that aims to increase accessibility to children’s helmets. For two weeks the kiosk will sell children’s helmets and trained staff will interview customers about the motivations behind their purchases. Save the Children is
On December 23rd, AIP Foundation held extracurricular helmet safety activities at Ban Kookot preschool in Minburi, Thailand. These activities were organized as follow-up to Sigma Elevator’s donation of 160 helmets to the students through their sponsorship of Helmets for Kids. Students were trained on the fundamentals of road safety, including how to follow traffic laws
Thanks to the continued support from The UPS Foundation, AIP Foundation’s Helmets for Kids program will continue to donate helmets and road safety education to students of the Ban Makkhang and Nong Sumrong Wittaya Schools in Udon Thani for a second year. This additional year of funding will allow the many new students at the schools
On December 11, AIP Foundation launched a trial “pop-up” helmet retail kiosk at a petrol station in Si Praya, Bangkok, that aims to increase accessibility of children’s helmets. During the two week pilot, the kiosk will sell discounted children’s helmets that have been kindly donated by Vespiario (Thailand) Co., Ltd., and trained staff will interview customers about their
On November 29th, AIP Foundation Thailand launched a trial “helmet bank” that will operate for two weeks at the Ban Nong Bon School in Bangkok. The helmet bank will offer free helmets for students to borrow and use whenever they are travelling on motorcycles. At the launch of the helmet bank, AIP Foundation conducted fun,
On November 15th, the first non-class activities were conducted under the British Embassy Bangkok’s sponsorship of the Helmets for Kids program at the Wat Chaimongkol school, located in the Rong Muang sub-district of Bangkok province. These activities were organized as follow-up to the donation of 230 helmets which took place on October 28th. During these activities, students
