We hosted the first stakeholder orientation workshop for a new child car seat initiative, which is a Road Safety Grant Programme supported by Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA). The initiative is modeled after FIA’s toolkit for child safety in cars, and will advocate for child seatbelt use and car seats to be included in Vietnamese law. The
During the first week of April, worked with a trainer from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health to deliver a series of teacher trainings for nearly 150 teachers at four program schools in Nha Be District as part of our Helmets for Families program sponsored by Abbott. The trainings focused on correct helmet
Helmets for Families organized a visit to Cho Ray Hospital to engage health professionals with parents and teachers from four new program schools, the Nha Be Bureau of Education and Training, and school management boards to deliver road safety messages. Participants visited road crashes victims who have suffered from brain injuries and saw firsthand the importance of
Leading up to the 3rd United Nations Ministerial Meeting scheduled in Sweden in February 2020, Vietnam has been selected to launch a 5-continent initiative organized by the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety. The initiative supports the UN Voluntary Global Performance Targets for Road Safety. At the event, a symbolic baton was handed over
AIP Foundation joined a stakeholders meeting held by the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global road Safety (BIGRS) 2015-2019 with Bloomberg, the World Bank, the World Resources Institute, Vital Strategies, the HCMC Traffic Safety Committee, Department of Transportation, and HCMC Traffic Police to review results of various programs after four years of implementation. At the meeting, participants gave presentations
In collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Safety Committee, AIP Foundation hosted a review meeting of the results of school zone modifications done at four Walk This Way program schools. AIP Foundation conducted modification assessments via iRAP’s Star Ratings For Schools app which helps rate the risks and safety of roads on a 1-star (least
AIP Foundation collaborated with the Gia Lai Traffic Safety Committee (TSC) to celebrate the launch of a new public awareness campaign and school zone road modifications in Pleiku City as part of the Slow Zones, Safe Zones program – the first-ever pilot program to reduce speed in school zones in Vietnam, supported by Fondation Botnar and the
As part of its mission to make schools in Ho Chi Minh City safer for pedestrians and road users, Walk This Way installed school zone modifications at four schools in the city to make them safer and more accessible for all. Of the 37 program schools, these four schools were selected based on their school zone needs.
Nearly 2,000 parents of students from Phan Dang Luu and Nguyen Luong Bang primary schools in Pleiku joined a school zone safety information session with the Bureau of Education and Training of Pleiku City, the Gia Lai Traffic Safety Committee, and the People’s Police Academy (PPA). During the information session, experts from the PPA explained the importance
More than 35 Safe Walking Squads comprised of trained university students visited 37 schools in Ho Chi Minh City to deliver pedestrian safety knowledge and smart driving tips to nearly 40,000 parents as part of the Walk This Way program supported by FedEx. Additionally, the Safe Walking Squads handed out informational leaflets that contained information not only
