The darker side of the popular emoji icon was revealed to audiences across Vietnam in a newly launched distracted driving campaign targeted at 15 to 29-year-olds. The campaign’s slogan is “Leave your phone alone or you could be next!” and features a sinister, evil emoji character as its key visual. The two associated TV commercials
This year, our Helmets for Kids program is celebrating its sixth year of implementation and expanding into a new province. Thai Nguyen province is a mountainous, midland province in the Northeast region of Vietnam. Similar to Yen Bai province, Thai Nguyen is a multi-ethnic community with eight main ethnic groups. Thai Nguyen province also faces
Legal Development Program (LDP) members participated in the Royal Thai Police’s public hearing in Bangkok on the draft Road Traffic Act. The public hearing aimed to gather input on proposed changes to the Act from experts, stakeholders, and the general public. In total, the public hearing attracted 500 attendees including civil society, private sector, and government representatives from
Today, AIP Foundation convened a forum between youth road safety ambassadors from the Safety Delivered program, local youth groups, and government and non-government stakeholders to discuss the issue of distracted driving and mobile phone use while driving in Cambodia. The convening also served as an opportunity for the youth ambassadors to present a Distracted Driving
Our Safety Delivered program kicked off implementation in Myanmar with a range of activities, including helmet fittings, stakeholder trainings, and baseline knowledge tests with students from the four program schools. AIP Foundation staff conducted trainings for the two volunteers from the Myanmar Engineering Society of Mandalay, our partner organization in the area. We also visited the four program
AIP Foundation staff visited Thesaban Tambon Tha Phae School and Rajaprajanugroh 4 School in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, two Helmets for Kids program schools where approximately 80% of students commute to school by motorcycle or bicycle. While there, our staff conducted helmet-wearing baseline surveys, which found that the helmet wearing rate for students at Rajaprajanugroh 4 School is 0% and
Over 460 primary school students practiced their road safety knowledge by riding their bicycles through a course simulating real-life traffic situations that confront the children everyday on the road. A motorcycle driving simulator was also present that allowed students to experience what it feels like to ride a motorcycle and avoid road hazards and distractions.
AIP Foundation visited the Parliament House in Bangkok to submit our proposed school bus safety policy recommendations to Surachai Liangboonlertchai, First Vice President of the National Legislative Assembly. At the same meeting, AIP Foundation Thailand Country Manager Oratai Junsuwanaruk also proposed ways that policymakers can provide support to local administrative organizations to arrange safe school
Students from Shengdeng and Kunchi Middle Schools in Nanba Township, China presented their photos of road hazards and unsafe pedestrian behaviors in the community as well as their suggestions for improving walking environments to the government representatives in attendance. The presentation is the culmination of the Photovoice project carried out by our Walk Wise program over the past two
AIP Foundation mobilized students, teachers, and community leaders across Vietnam, China, and Cambodia in support of the Child Health Initiative’s week of action held from May 21-27. The new campaign calls for a first ever summit of world leaders on child and adolescent health in order to re-focus global policy and prioritize youth road deaths and injuries
