The Helmets for Families program supported by Manulife Cambodia, trained 42 teachers at Hun Sen Krong Primary School on motorcycle helmet use. Hun Sen Krong Primary School is especially vulnerable, as approximately 80-95% students commute by motorcycle or bicycle, yet less than 10% wear helmets. Students and teachers are extremely vulnerable to road crashes, particularly during rush hour when
On 24 October, 2018, Helmets for Kids gave 500 helmets to students during a helmet handover ceremony at Ba Hien B primary school in Binh Xuyen District, Vinh Phuc Province. This is the first time Helmets for Kids has been implemented in Vinh Phuc Province through the support of Vietnam Garment Manufacturing Company (VNG) – TAL Apparel,
AIP Foundation, with the support of Save the Children, held a stakeholder meeting for the 7% Project program to build relationships, promote collaboration, and gather input from key stakeholders for the forthcoming activities set to be implemented in the next five months in 8 districts in Bangkok. At the meeting, there were 19 participants
AIP Foundation held a helmet handover ceremony at Thanh Tri Primary School, Hanoi sponsored by The UPS Foundation as part of its Safety Delivered program. UPS employees in Vietnam kicked off the company’s annual Global Volunteer Month (GVM) with road safety demonstrations at Thanh Tri Primary School in Hanoi. The event took place at the
AIP Foundation’s Vietnam program staff joined attendees from the National Traffic Safety Committee and several other international NGOs at a three-day workshop supported by the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), with financial assistance from Fondation Botnar in order to build capacity to implement safety projects in Vietnam. The training topics included international good practice principles for
Today, AIP Foundation held its first ever helmet handover ceremony at School No. 19 at Aung Myae Thar San Township, in the Mandalay region of Myanmar, introducing the first in a series of helmet donations to students and teachers across the Mandalay region. These donations follow shortly after a series of teacher trainings wherein 100
The 26th meeting of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC) was held at the WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Ratanawadee H. Winther, Chairperson of AIP Foundation Thailand, represented AIP Foundation at the two-day meeting. About 80 members of the UNRSC representing governments, international organizations, NGOs, and other groups convened to help coordinate and spearhead global road
The British Embassy and Consulate General in Vietnam launched a new road safety awareness campaign called #KnowSafetyNoAccidents that focuses on safe motorcycle driving for tourists and expatriates living in Vietnam. Held at the Early Years Campus of the British International School in Ho Chi Minh City and with over 70 people in attendance, the launch
To celebrate seven years of strong partnership between AIP Foundation and Johnson & Johnson, and in response to the call for “Traffic Safety for Children” from National Traffic Safety Committee this year, Helmets for Kids will extend towards Thai Nguyen, a mountainous area located in the north of Vietnam. AIP Foundation collaborated with Thai Nguyen Traffic Safety
AIP Foundation gave 200 youth workers helmets at a program organized by the Youth Union of Hai Duong Province in the Lai Vu Industrial Zone. The helmets were given to members of the youth union who are also working in enterprises in the industrial park that enforce traffic law and road safety. More than 700
