AIP Foundation presented the Street Wise project curriculum, Helmets for Kids project activities, Legal Development Program activities, and road safety videos at the 12th Thailand Road Safety Seminar “Next Steps the Second Half of Decade of Action for Road Safety 2015-2020.” Additionally, AIP Foundation ran an activity booth to promote the Street Wise project, sponsored
The World Bank and EMBARQ, with the financial support of the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety, held a workshop on Improving Road Safety for Non-Motorized Transport Users and Enhancing Public Transport Accessibility in Ho Chi Minh City. Over 50 participants from relevant municipal agencies such as the Department of Transport, Traffic Safety Committee, Urban Civil
Ratanawadee H. Winther, AIP Foundation Thailand Chairperson and Oratai Junsuwanarak, AIP Foundation Thailand Country Manager participated in “The Discussion on Thailand Road Safety with WHO (World Health Organization)” at the Marriott Bangkok. The discussion focused on giving an overview of the current RTI (Road Traffic Injuries) situation and Thailand Action Plan, as well as identifying
In celebration of the upcoming enforcement of the new passenger helmet law, AIP Foundation, with support from Manulife, donated helmets and raised road safety awareness at a Helmets for Families event at Sothearos Primary School. Road safety stakeholders, students, teachers, parents, local, and international media representatives attended the event. At the event, 804 helmets were donated to
A new traffic law is set to come into force in the New Year—starting on January 1st, traffic police will start to collect fines for passengers, in addition to drivers, that are caught not wearing a helmet. Across Cambodian televisions, spirits will appear to remind Cambodians to always wear their helmets in a commercial by
AIP Foundation, with support from Abbott, collaborated with the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC), and the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) to kick off the Helmets for Families program at Lieu Ninh primary school in Hanoi. This is the first year the Helmets for Families program expands to Hanoi after 2 years of successfully
Walk Wise, sponsored by Chevron, celebrated China’s 4th National Road Safety Day with 37 project schools holding activities to celebrate the occasion. Schools organized a “walking school bus” to practice pedestrian safety and to spread awareness to the community. Students wore yellow caps to be visible to oncoming traffic and teachers and traffic police guarded
December 2nd is the fourth annual China National Road Safety Day. This year the theme of the road safety day is “Driving safely, be away of danger driving”. To advocate the road safety of safe driving, Walk Wise project worked with Kai County Traffic Police Department on the topic of quality helmet use of motorcycles drivers.
From 17 November to 1 December, police trainings took place at 5 of 6 FIA Foundation project provinces. 180 policemen participated in the training sessions, where they discussed child helmet use enforcement. During the trainings, police shared their experiences and difficulties after their first enforcement of child helmet use in April of this year. Training
To support the government in kicking-off traffic law enforcement on 1 January 2016, AIP Foundation’s Behavior Change Communication Program is preparing awareness-raising activities aimed at informing target communities about enforcement. Police will begin fining motorcyclists 15,000 riels for un-helmeted passengers. The activities included are the production and broadcasting of TV and radio commercials, TV and
