It’s 4pm on a Saturday afternoon, and the women of the Generation shoe factory are finally free. After a long day at work, they are happy to cast off the drudgery of the assembly line and finally do as they please. But soon, after this brief respite, they will gather their purchases and set off for

When I sit in Phnom Penh’s traffic, I watch with astonishment as motorbikes (motos), tuk-tuks, bicycles, and pedestrians compete for space on the road with cars and trucks. Cambodians are very resourceful at navigating through traffic, but that has not stopped the country’s number of fatal road accidents from rapidly rising over the past decade.

AIP Foundation’s Country Director in Thailand, Mrs. Ratana Winther, spoke at a Rotary Club luncheon in Bangkok today about AIP Foundation’s efforts to save lives on the road through the Thailand Helmet Vaccine Initiative. Mrs. Winther informed the audience that road traffic crashes in Thailand alone kill more than 7 children a day and injure

This month, AIP Foundation hosted two district-wide workshops to discuss the “Head Safe. Helmet On.” project in Cambodia supported by USAID with over 30 key stakeholders at each event. District- and commune-level government officials were present at the workshops to learn about why the specific target districts were selected. “The targeted provinces of Phnom Penh,

At the Roads Management Workshop conducted by experts from the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Singapore Land Transport Authority, Julie Chung, Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Cambodia spoke on behalf of the Embassy and mentioned AIP Foundation and USAID’s support in her remarks. The workshop demonstrated the U.S. commitment to

From September 26-29, eleven volunteers from UPS Vietnam and representatives from the AIP Foundation visited two primary schools in Binh Thanh District of Ho Chi Minh City to measure the head sizes of more than 2,000 students for an upcoming helmet donation. This important step ensures that each student receives properly-fitting helmets and protection in the

Ngày 21-24 tháng Chín, thành phố New York. Trong tháng này, Tổng Giám đốc Điều hành Quỹ AIP, bà Mirjam Sidik, đã tham dự cuộc họp thường niên Sáng kiến Toàn cầu Clinton (CGI) 2014 tại thành phố New York. Bà Mirjam đã nhấn mạnh thực trạng khó ngờ rằng chính các va chạm giao

This month, AIP Foundation CEO Mirjam Sidik attended the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2014 Annual Meeting in New York City. Mirjam highlighted the staggering fact that currently, road traffic crashes are the number one killer of young people globally and spoke with others on their overlapping goals to prevent the loss of lives in the

From September 20-21, AIP Foundation supported three Ford Driving Skills for Life training sessions held in Nha Trang. Participants included local community members, a representative from Nha Trang Traffic Safety Committee, and Nha Trang’s City Ford, approximately 60 people in total. In addition to a formal training, the session utilized a nearby intersection to practice

Throughout 2013, AIP Foundation’s media campaign in Uganda focused on the cost of head injuries. This year, the 2014 Uganda Helmet Vaccine Initiative (UHVI) ‘Wear a Helmet’ Campaign has been developed with the objective of empowering boda boda operators by addressing their safety as a matter of personal and national development. This year, the UHVI