On April 9th, a kick off ceremony for a Helmets for Kids program sponsored by Johnson & Johnson took place in Dong My school in Quang Binh Province. This ceremony was the first of AIP Foundation’s largest targeted program to date, which will provide a total of 11,000 helmets to 20 schools in Quang Binh,
A helmet donation took place among 209 students of Hun Sen Chak Angre Primary School as part of a Helmets for Kids project which was sponsored by the Australian Embassy’s Direct Aid Program. Students were asked to practice wearing their helmets correctly, riding a bicycle safety, and crossing the street correctly. A drawing competition and
In Pham Van Chieu Primary School, ten UPS staff members joined the extracurricular activities organized as part of Helmets for Kids adopting the roles of both game judges and competitors. AIP Foundation and UPS ran this project in support of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020). Traffic safety painting contests were followed
In Hanoi, New York’s Mayor Bloomberg attended a Helmets for Kids ceremony at Nam Trung Yen School on March 23rd. This event was run by the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation, Vietnam’s National Traffic Safety Committee and the Ministry of Education and Training. Along with Mayor Bloomberg, members
AIP Foundation attended the opening ceremony for the 10th Contest of the Driving Coach Trainers. A parade of motorcycles promoted road safety awareness and 100% helmet compliance in support of the government’s campaign to attend this goal by 2020. Mr. Worawat Auapinyakul, who is a former Minister of Eudcation, presided the event on behalf of the Prime
On March 14th, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between AIP Foundation and Cho Ray Hospital, the largest general hospital in Vietnam. Present at the signing were : Dr. Nguyen Truong Son and Dr. Nguyen Van Khoi, Director and Vice Director of the hospital, as well as Dr. Duong Minh Man, head of the Brain
Last January, AIP Foundation organized workshops to teach boda boda (motorcycle taxi) drivers about helmet use. Two months later, observations were conducted with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to assess their helmet wearing rates at their stages around Kampala. Before the donation, 42% of motorcycle drivers wore helmets. Three days after
On March 10th, a parade of hundreds of people marched through Ho Chi Minh City’s District 9, showing their support of a year dedicated to road safety—and demanding safer roads for their communities. 2012 was declared Year of Traffic Safety by the Vietnamese government, and District 9’s local government collaborated with AIP Foundation to play
The Asia Injury Prevention (AIP Foundation) launched a helmet donation project at York Batr Primary School in Phnom Penh. The launch featured the symbolic handover of 180 helmets from the sponsor, Diversey Hygiene to the Kindergarten’s and first grade’s students. In addition to speeches by key government officials, the ceremony featured Stefan Phang from Diversey
AIP Foundation Cambodian collaborated with the Traffic Police and Department of Order in an innovative new approach to raising awareness around the country: street-based awareness. Traffic police stopped motorcycles whose passengers were not wearing helmets at checkpoints along National Road 2 in Kandal Province. Once stopped, the riders received flyers from the officers, as well
