CEO Mirjam Sidik and Thailand Chairperson Ratana Winther joined global advocates in Chania, Greece for the Sixth Global Meeting of the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety and the 27th meeting for the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration. During the high-level symposium, road safety advocates discussed the Decade of Action and exchanged ideas about
AIP Foundation received a $1 million USD grant from The UPS Foundation for the second phase of Safety Delivered, which will be implemented in Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, India, and the Philippines over the next two years. The program will primarily work with primary school students to increase child helmet use and also work with young,
AIP Foundation Cambodia and nine of our partners received certificates of appreciation from the National Road Safety Committee for our youth engagement and public advocacy to keep roads in Cambodia safe. AIP Foundation was spotlighted for its contributions to promoting helmet use in 2018. Our Country Director, Pagna Kim was individually honored for his promotion
More than 35 Safe Walking Squads comprised of trained university students visited 37 schools in Ho Chi Minh City to deliver pedestrian safety knowledge and smart driving tips to nearly 40,000 parents as part of the Walk This Way program supported by FedEx. Additionally, the Safe Walking Squads handed out informational leaflets that contained information not only
Youth Ambassadors for Road Safety (YARS) gathered in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to discuss lessons learned, share information, and receive certificates of appreciation for their work with the Safety Delivered program. The workshops in Ho Chi Minh City were attended by YARS, coordinators from six program universities, AIP Foundation staff, and the Ho Chi Minh
Over 90 participants from AIP Foundation’s partner universities, relevant government ministries, non-governmental organizations and representatives from the business sector attended the reflection workshop to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of the youth ambassadors on their work and commitment to the program over the past year. Youth Ambassadors for Road Safety (YARS) from the three partner
Earlier this month, AIP Foundation gave presentations at the Safety 2018 World Conference in Bangkok. CEO Mirjam Sidik presented on our Vietnam pedestrian safety program Walk This Way and the work being done to help students get safely to school. Thailand Chairperson Ratana H. Winther presented on the successes of our Street Wise program in Thailand and Cambodia Country Director Pagna Kim
Over the past few weeks, youth ambassadors for road safety (YARS) representatives met with government officials and local bus company operators to discuss and advocate for a distracted driving policy implementation. AIP Foundation also trained YARS on the best ways to present and facilitate workshops. Students from three Phnom Penh universities spoke with H.E. Min
In order to grow and facilitate capacity building, Street Wise held a final evaluation stakeholder meeting as well as a recognition ceremony for student road safety ambassadors. At the stakeholder meeting on Thursday, 46 participants from the 11 program schools, Chevron Thailand, AIP Foundation, and the community gathered to review Street Wise programming this year and to evaluate its
The Legal Development Program (LDP), held the Seminar on Safe Motorcycles: A Way to Reduce Road Traffic Injuries and Fatalities Among Young People recently to push for development and implementation of measures to improve the safety of young motorcycle riders who, in Thailand, account for the majority of road crashes involving motorcycles. In the morning, Thanachart Paliyawate,
