AIP Foundation staff trained more than 400 teachers from the 23 Walk Wise project schools in road safety curriculum to teach their students in the coming semester. The workshop aimed to increase teachers’ understanding of the importance road safety as well as increase their capacity to work with their students. The AIP Foundation team will
To increase helmet use rates of children within the provinces of Dong Nai, Gia Lai, and Quang Nam, AIP Foundation, supported by Johnson & Johnson, will provide 21 primary schools in these provinces with 5,300 high quality helmets and road safety education under the Helmets for Kids program throughout the current school year. Today, members
Hoang Thi Na Huong, Deputy CEO of AIP Foundation, discussed the importance of child helmet use during a webinar hosted by the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety as part of the “Crash Course in Key Risk Areas” series. She shared information on the importance of wearing helmets while riding on motorcycles. She also
The Natural Growth Co., Ltd., established a partnership with AIP Foundation to support the Helmets for Kids program at a school in the Northern Thai province of Uttaradit, which is where the company grows its crops. The project will start in January 2017. The Natural Growth Co., Ltd., started in 1996 and is a leader
Walk Wise, supported by Chevron, launched its fifth year and announced it is expanding its road safety education programs to 23 new schools in the Chuandongbei (CDB) Gas Project area in the Sichuan and Chongqing provinces of China. The program now serves a total of 80 primary schools and about 90,000 students in the region. More
In partnership with AIP Foundation, Ford Vietnam donated 20 bicycles and helmets to students in Hai Duong Province. Trinh Van Ngan, the company’s Plant Manager, presented the items to students from schools in Cam Giang and Nam Sach districts.
Representatives from USAID Development Innovation Ventures (USAID-DIV), based in Washington, D.C., visited the AIP Foundation Cambodia team to discuss the results of the project it recently supported, Head Safe. Helmet On. The representatives, Erin Crossett and Duc Tran, were able to witness first-hand the impact their support has had in increasing passenger helmet use. They
Members of the Legal Development Program (LDP) attended a World Health Organization-hosted workshop in Geneva, Switzerland, that focused on improving road safety legislation worldwide through improving child restraints and seatbelts in vehicles. The event was affiliated with the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety and more than 30 representatives from five countries attended. The LDP,
In January 2016, the coalition developed and submitted a Joint Statement on the New Road Traffic Law in Cambodia to the national government. As a result, members have been invited to a monthly meeting with the Cambodia National Road Safety Committee to provide feedback and technical input on key road safety issues.
During the third Media for Policy Influence workshop, hosted by AIP Foundation, Legal Development Program (LDP) members developed potential mass media campaigns to advocate for the reduction of urban speed limits, focusing on messages, decision maker analysis, and community identification. They also met with Thanathorn Rattanapanop, a representative from Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and
