AIP Foundation recently joined more than 100 government road safety representatives from 16 districts of Songkhla province at a Road Safety Watch Network workshop organized by the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Regional Center 12 Songkhla. The workshop, presided over by Acting Sub Lt.Trakul Totham, the director of the DDPM Regional Center 12 Songkhla, was supported by the Thai
AIP Foundation’s China Country Manager and Vietnam Program Manager attended the fifth Global Road Safety Leadership Course held in Baltimore, U.S.A. This program is co-organized by the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) and the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) with support from the Bloomberg Philanthropies. Over two weeks, participants built leadership skills to design
As part of the Helmets for Kids road safety program in Thailand, 500 helmets will be donated to two primary schools where less than 4% of students currently wear helmets on their commute to school. Both schools are located in high-density traffic areas in the Mueang district of Nakhon Si Thammarat province. Within the last year alone,
After another successful year of Helmets for Families programming, we hosted a year-end review workshop at the Ho Chi Minh City’s Traffic Safety Committee office in District 1. We gathered representatives from six of our targeted primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss their experiences with the program as well as to collaborate on the next school
University students serving as road safety ambassadors began filming at Ho Chi Minh Agricultural and Forestry University’s campus in Thu Duc District for a four part Safety Delivered public awareness campaign. Safety Delivered, sponsored by The UPS Foundation, focuses on school-based road safety education, public awareness campaigns, and quality motorcycle helmet distribution and education. The short videos will cover
On 25 July, 2018, Legal Development Program (LDP) held the Effective Enforcement through Strengthening Road Safety Legislation workshop at I Residence Hotel in Bangkok. The morning sessions consisted of two lectures by LDP members Pol Maj Gen Pongson Kongtreekaew and Supa Chotngam. While Pol Maj Gen Pongson Kongtreekaew outlined enforcement gaps and challenges in the Road Traffic
On 23 July 2018, the Automobile Association Vietnam (AAV), with support from the Hanoi Traffic Safety Committee and student road safety ambassadors, organized a training session for 200 students at Thuy Loi University as part of the #3500LIVES campaign. The training session covered topics such as safe motorcycle driving skills, the dangers of using a
AIP Foundation Thailand attended the second meeting of the Ministry of Transport’s task force on motorcycle-related crashes at the Ministry of Transport, Bangkok. At the meeting, Oratai Junsuwanaruk of AIP Foundation was asked to share the organization’s expectations and discuss relevant AIP Foundation programs on two- and three-wheeler safety, including Safety Delivered and the Legal Development
More than 250 students, parents, and teachers from 11 program schools in the Singhanakhon and Muang districts of Songkhla province gathered today to celebrate the launch of Phase III of the Street Wise road safety program, a collaboration between AIP Foundation and Chevron Thailand. The latest stage of Street Wise is expanding to Tesaban Muang Singhanakhon 1 Primary School, the
Students, parents, and teachers at Wat Rachasingkorn School received 1,000 helmets to officially launch the Safe School, Safe Community program. The program is being implemented by AIP Foundation and supported by the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) and Rotary International. Pre-implementation surveys showed that Wat Rachasingkorn School had a helmet-wearing rate of only 1%. Over 450 participants
