Helmets for Families, supported by Abbott, is expanding its road safety education to four new schools in the Hoc Mon District of Ho Chi Minh City, a suburban and agricultural zone where up to 90% of the participating students’ parents are manual laborers. This year, Helmets for Families will continue its work toward increasing road
For two weeks, AIP Foundation discussed helmet safety, speeding, and defensive riding techniques with undergraduate students at RMIT University’s campuses in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. The presentations were part of the university’s Defensive Rider program, an initiative that aims to educate the young drivers on how to navigate Vietnam’s roads safely. RMIT University is a
As part of the Helmets for Families program, 50 parents took part in a training workshop in which they learned about the importance of helmet use as well as safety precautions they should take during the upcoming Lunar New Year celebrations, a time when road crash rates tend to increase. AIP Foundation and Manulife Cambodia launched this year’s edition
APM Terminals together with AIP Foundation, a road safety nonprofit, is rolling out a new training program in Vietnam to help make the port community of Cai Mep in southern Vietnam safe. More than 45 truck drivers and other CMIT employees, along with executives from the APM Terminals’ operated Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT), joined
Oratai Junsuwanaruk, AIP Foundation’s Thailand Country Manager, shared the recent successes of the second phase of Street Wise with representatives from Chevron Thailand Exploration & Production, Ltd. During Phase 2, which wrapped up this fall, helmet wearing-rates at program schools increased from 3% to 38%. The most recent phase of Street Wise was implemented in the Singhanakorn and Muang districts
Legal professionals, who are all members of the Legal Development Program (LDP), attended the “5th Road Safety Directing Center Committee Meeting” to track the progress of a related legislation amendment, as well as awareness activities scheduled for the 2017 New Year’s festivities. The forum was arranged by the Road Safety Directing Center Secretariat of the
At an annual awards ceremony, H.R.H. Prince Michael of Kent honored Cambodia’s National Road Safety Committee (NRSC) for its robust enforcement of the country’s new road traffic law, including the mandatory use of motorcycle helmets for passengers, which has saved lives and prevented serious injuries. Two hundred and fifty-nine fewer road crash-related deaths and 596
During a recent Helmets for Families orientation workshop in Ho Chi Minh City’s Hoc Mon District, a government official spoke to stakeholders about her son’s fatal road crash to stress the importance of the program. Mrs. Bui Thi Kim Anh, Vice Chief of the Hoc Mon District Bureau of Education and Training, shared her story with
The AIP Foundation team joined U.S. Ambassador Ted Osius and his husband, Mr. Bond, at their home in Hanoi to honor the Princeton in Asia fellowship program. Greig Craft, founder and CEO of the nonprofit, as well as Peggy Moriarty and Molly Ellison, both members of the development department, attended the celebration. Both Moriarty and Ellison came
FE Credit, in partnership with AIP Foundation and local government agencies, donated more than 1,000 quality helmets to students and teachers from Nguyen Van The Primary School and Anh Duong Special Education School in Ho Chi Minh City. The activity kicked-off FE Credit’s Helmets for Kids program, which will also provide these communities with road safety