In celebration of AIP Foundation’s Safety Delivered program, nearly 1,600 attendees, including volunteers from UPS (NYSE: UPS), students, parents, school officials, and local stakeholders, banded together to raise awareness for road safety through a kick- off ceremony and motorcycle parade at Ho Văn Thanh Primary School in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Supported by UPS and The UPS Foundation, Safety Delivered is
100 university students from across five universities in Phnom Penh, Cambodia were trained as road safety ambassadors through the Youth Ambassadors for Road Safety (YARS) initiative as part of the Safety Delivered program, supported by The UPS Foundation. The training workshop took place at Asia Euro University, one of five universities chosen to be a partner for the Safety Delivered program. At the workshop,
12 September, 2019 – 7 November, 2019 – Phnom Penh, Cambodia AIP Foundation Cambodia, AIP Foundation collaborated with the Cambodia Traffic Police and the Department of Order to launch street-based public awareness campaigns to raise awareness of the importance of safe driving behaviors throughout the country. Traffic police stopped motorcycles, trucks, lorries, and other vehicles at checkpoints along National Road No. 4 and 6A in Kandal Kampong Speu and Kampong Cham Province. Once
AIP Foundation CEO, Mirjam Sidik, presented on “Youth Mobility and Participation: Empowering Young Motorcycle Drivers in Cambodia and Vietnam,” during the Asia Pacific Road Safety Seminar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, organized by the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), on October 29-30. Ms. Sidik shared examples of AIP Foundation’s work through the Safety Delivered program, which works with
AIP Foundation traveled to Adelaide, Australia, to join leaders at the Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC), which brought together hundreds of delegates, including researchers, enforcement agencies, policymakers, educators, and students, for a comprehensive 3-day scientific program showcasing the latest advancements across the road safety sector. Under the theme of “Leading the Way – Towards Zero”, ARSC’s
AIP Foundation met with local university leadership to discuss its helmet safety and education programs, including Safety Delivered and Young Ambassadors for Road Safety (YARS), in order to select five target universities for future program intervention. With the support of The UPS Foundation, Safety Delivered will reach 5,000 students over the next two years as
The International Association of Traffic Safety and Sciences Forum (IATSS), invited AIP Foundation CEO, Mirjam Sidik, to the 12th Annual Asian Transportation Research Society (ATRANS) Conference, where she delivered a presentation on the importance of motorcycle crash data collection. This year, the conference took place at the Chatriam Hotel Riverside in Bangkok, Thailand, from August
AIP Foundation and Manulife Cambodia reached out to 500 hundred local community members near Hun Sen Krong Primary School to promote proper helmet use and safe driving behavior through the Helmets for Families program. Manulife Cambodia volunteers distributed educational materials to community members and strategically placed posters in high-traffic areas to encourage helmet use among local residents.
Our new school-based education program, Safety With Moki, sponsored by Mercedes, brought innovative road safety curriculum to the students of Le Van Tho Primary School in Ho Chi Minh City. Ten Mercedes volunteers and a program trainer provided 30 minute in-class training sessions to all 22 classes comprised of 974 students using ‘edutainment’ (educational and entertainment) methods to hold
AIP Foundation facilitated road safety youth discussions with nearly 200 students at Build Bright University and Asia Euro University in Phnom Penh. University students had the opportunity to speak up and raise their concerns in accordance with this year’s UN Global Road Safety Week theme of leadership for road safety. Students shared ideas with a
