Two Thai PBS reporters, Hathairat Phaholtap and Darin Klong-Akara, joined members of the Legal Development Program (LDP) during the second Media for Policy Influence workshop. The event was hosted as part of a project supported by the World Health Organization and the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety. LDP members participated in media simulations, crafted
Dr. Rohit Baluja, a road safety expert based in Delhi, India, met with AIP Foundation staff as part of an extensive research project he is completing on powered two-wheel vehicles in Southeast Asia for the United Nations. Before coming to Vietnam, he had met with universities, governments, and nonprofits in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and the
Dr. Rodjana Khoonpoon, a member of the engineering faculty at Rajmangala University of Technology, and her team met with AIP Foundation staff to prepare for their work on the Street Wise final report. The group will use AIP Foundation’s monitoring and evaluation tools to gather information on helmet use rates, administer focus groups, and conduct
Helmets for Families, a program supported by Manulife Cambodia, engaged hundreds of students and families during both school and community events affiliated with the Sothearos Primary School in Phnom Penh. The events aimed to educate attendees on the mandatory helmet law that went into effect in Cambodia in January 2016. During the extracurricular activities at
Right of Way: Child Poverty & Road Traffic Injury in the SDGs, a new report published by UNICEF and FIA Foundation, and as part of the Global Initiative for Child Health and Mobility, explores how road crash injuries perpetuate child poverty worldwide. The publication includes case studies in countries lacking adequate road safety standards such as Tanzania and Thailand, as
Street Wise, a program supported by Chevron Thailand Exploration & Production, Ltd., engaged 2,500 students and faculty at the Wicheinchom School in Songkhla Province in three days of road safety extracurricular activities from 21-25 July, 2016. Facilitators taught participants about safe driving regulations and how to properly wear helmets, and led a road simulation activity. The program launched its initiative with the Wicheinchom
GlobalGiving, a U.S.-based online fundraising platform for nonprofits, recently selected AIP Foundation’s submission as one of 73 finalists in its 7th annual photo contest. The contest was open to the public for a week this month, during which time the Helmets for Kids photo received 524 votes and earned a third place finish in its category. Thanks
Over the past three years, AIP Foundation has consistently delivered quality road safety education to schools throughout Kai County as part of the Walk Wise project. This month, however, the program partnered with local nonprofit Chongqing Youth Aid Volunteer Organization to focus their efforts on children from previously overlooked and under-served communities, including those from low-income families.
AIP Foundation, in collaboration with FIA Foundation as part of the “Agents for Change” program, has coordinated a workshop for journalists to further hone their skills in delivering high-quality reporting on the subject of helmet use and road safety. This workshop built on similar efforts undertaken since 2015 to increase the helmet use rates in
Sixty workers from the Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemicals (NSRP) plant attended an intensive driving skills course at the Lilama Weld Training School in Tinh Gia, Thanh Hoa. A trainer from the Thanh Hoa Vocational School of Transportation led the course and shared information on road safety issues in Vietnam. He also discussed decree 46, a
