Together, on Saturday, May 11, road safety stakeholders across Cambodia marked Global Road Safety Week by co-organizing a ‘Long Short Walk’ at Anuvath Reachtheani Primary School in Phnom Penh. National Road Safety Committee collaborated with the World Health Organization, Global Road Safety Partnership, Cambodian Red Cross (CRC), Cambodia Movement for Health, AIP Foundation, Handicap International,
Phnom Dil and Sampov Meas primary schools in Kampong Cham and Phnom Penh are celebrating the United Nations’ second Global Road Safety Week with extracurricular road safety activities, as part of the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation’s Helmets for Kids program. Nearly 300 students, teachers, and parents will learn about the importance of wearing helmets
The Chief Secretariat of Vietnam’s National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) and the Deputy Directory of the Ministry of Security joined Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) local authorities for a “Long Short Walk” on the morning of May 11 to raise awareness of the need for improved pedestrian safety, the theme of the United Nations’ second
FedEx Express, in collaboration with Safe Kids Vietnam, the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Department of Education and Training and the HCMC Traffic Safety Committee, today kicked-off their “Safe Walking” campaign. In support of the second United Nations Global Road Safety Week, held from May 5-12, the campaign aims to educate and improve pedestrian safety
The Helmet Vaccine Initiative – Tanzania (HVI-T) Foundation gathered around 200 students from Turiani Primary School and road safety supporters on May 11 to walk together and highlight the need for improved pedestrian safety throughout Tanzania. Supported by the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety, the event drew attention to the rights of pedestrians
Students from Ba Dinh Primary School in Hanoi, Vietnam took a walk with AIP Foundation, Miss. Vietnam runner-up 2008 Thuy Van, and members of the Hanoi Traffic Safety Committee (TSC). The event, sponsored by the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety, is part of the worldwide ‘Long Short Walk’ campaign. According to the World
Throughout April and May, traffic police have partnered with the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation to stop 2,929 motorcycles whose passengers were not wearing helmets, as part of an innovative new approach to raising passenger helmet use around the country. Though driver helmet wearing rates in Cambodia are more than 60 percent, fewer than 10
On May 1, 2013, more than 180 young students, teachers, parents, school administrators, and government officials from Pasri Chareon District of Bangkok, as well as representatives from the international community, joined the Long Short Walk campaign event, organized by AIP Foundation and funded by the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety. The Long Short
The Uganda Helmet Vaccine Initiative (UHVI) organized a “Long Short Walk” with a group of around 100 people in Kampala, Uganda on May 8. The event, supported by the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety, called for improved pedestrian safety and highlighted the daily dangers encountered by pedestrians in Uganda’s roadway environment. The Long
On Saturday, May 4, AIP Foundation, in collaboration with Hanoi Traffic Safety Committee and Hanoi Department of Education and Training, hosted a “Kids love helmets” family day in the Hanoi Botanic Gardens. The event was part of the national campaign, “Children also need a helmet” to increase motorcycle helmet wearing among Vietnamese children, by engaging
