In March, parents at the 18 target primary schools for the USAID-DIV-sponsored Head Safe. Helmet On. program took part in a training course focused on road safety, proper helmet use, and the importance of parental involvement in child road safety. The training courses took place in Phnom Penh, Kandal, and Kampong Speu provinces. At the
At the Annual Meeting of the Road Safety Network, an initiative organized by the Coalition for Road Safety (CRY), AIP Foundation presented the new rates of helmet-wearing among drivers and passengers in Cambodia as a result of the Head Safe. Helmet On. project. At the meeting, Cambodia Country Director Mr. Kim Pagna also urged for
AIP Foundation, with support from Manulife Cambodia, delivered extracurricular road safety activities to approximately 150 students from Sothearos Primary School this month. The activities focused on the importance of helmet use and involved a drawing contest, question and answer games, and pedestrian, bicycle, and motor-vehicle safety lessons. The students were enthusiastic about learning life-saving skills
A year-end review of the National Child Helmet Action Plan (NCHAP) organized by the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC), National Traffic Police (C67), the Ministry of Education and Training, and AIP Foundation gathered stakeholders to discuss key results after one year of implementation. Attended by 130 participants, the workshop was an opportunity for delegates from
On February 19th, Manulife Cambodia, in association with AIP Foundation, sponsored road safety activities at Sothearos Primary School in Phnom Penh as part of the Helmets for Families initiative. This follows a donation ceremony in December of 2015 at which Manulife provided 804 helmets to students, teachers, and parents. The ceremony was accompanied by workshops
AIP Foundation with Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Center #14 in Udon Thani held extracurricular activities for Helmets for Kids project schools during 16 – 18 February 2016 at Baan Na Kham Luang School, Baan Men School, Baan Nong Nok Kian School, Nongsamrong Wittaya School, Chumchon Nakwang School, and Chum Chon Moo Mon Wittayasan School, respectively. The activities
Michelle Yeoh has not lost anyone close to her in a road accident, but she has taken it to her heart to raise awareness on road safety. The cause is so dear to her that the Hollywood actress now champions it out of her own free will and without any money involved. The Safe Steps
AIP Foundation organized its third commune-wide meeting at Chbar Ampov District, Phnom Penh, which was attended by 37 participants. The meeting was held to encourage community member to participate in AIP Foundation’s “Commune of Excellence in Helmet Use” competition, which aims to encourage increased helmet use and road safety among communes through innovation, joint activities,
Annually, road crashes cause an estimated 22,000 deaths in Vietnam, more than tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS. Approximately 2,000 children die due to road injury each year, making it the second leading cause of death among Vietnamese children ages 5–14. Road injury costs Vietnam more than 3 billion USD annually, nearly 3% of its GDP. Though the
