AIP Foundation joined representatives from four of UNICEF’s East Asia Pacific Region offices, the World Health Organization, FIA Foundation, iRAP, and regional government agencies to share its knowledge on child-based road safety programming. The two-day workshop was held to support UNICEF country teams develop child-focused road safety programming over the next year. The initiatives are being supported by
AIP Foundation conducted road safety trainings to more than 220 staff to Cambodia Airports, the operator of the country’s three international airports. Held on 21-30 March, the workshops provided an overview of the key road safety issues on Cambodia’s roads as well as practical tips on how to drive safely. Outside the classroom, airport staff
As part of the school-based Walk Wise program, a partnership with Chevron, 246 parents received quality motorcycle helmets to keep them safe while driving on the mountainous roads of Kaizhou District in China. Motorcycles are an important method of transportation for low-income families in the area. Walk Wise primarily focuses on providing students, teachers, and
Six members of AIP Foundation’s team joined fellow road safety advocates at the 24th United Nations Road Safety Collaboration Meeting in Bangkok. Topics covered during the two-day meeting included progress on the Sustainable Development Goals and plans for the upcoming UN Global Road Safety Week. Pagna Kim, AIP Foundation’s Cambodia Country Director, presented during a session
Engaging extracurricular activities reinforced 600 students’ helmet safety knowledge at Ap Dinh Primary School in Hoc Mon District, one of the six schools involved in Abbott’s Helmets for Families program. Students’ behaviors have shifted during the course of the 2016-2017 program, with the average helmet wearing rates across all four schools in the district reaching
AIP Foundation launched a Young Ambassadors for Road Safety (YARS) network that will empower university students to design and implement sustainable road safety awareness activities for more than 3,000 of their peers. During the program’s kick-off ceremony, a helmet design competition was also announced. The capacity building program will work with three universities located in
Nearly 550 primary school students received quality helmets and were encouraged to wear them as part of their school uniforms during the kick-off ceremony for a new Helmets for Kids program, which is supported by the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB). The road safety initiative aims to make young road users attending Anuk Wat Koruk
As part of the Helmets for Kids program, supported by the Natural Growth Co., Ltd., more than 200 community members participated in extracurricular activities that aimed to raise awareness about the importance of helmet use. Representatives from government agencies and non-governmental organizations facilitated the activities for students, teachers, and parents from Thairath Wittaya 5 School. These included
Greig Craft, founder and president of AIP Foundation, met with fellow road safety advocates from the international community in London, United Kingdom, during the recent Global Initiative for Child Health & Mobility (CHMI) partners meeting and the FIA Foundation Programmes Forum. Representatives from FIA Foundation, World Resources Institute, the United Nations, the Overseas Development Institute, UNICEF, and Save
As part of Phase II of Street Wise, the team, led by road safety auditor Dr. Rodjana Khoonpoon, conducted baseline observations at the five new program schools in the Singhanakhon District of Thailand’s Songkhla Province. Dr. Khoonpoon is a member of the Faculty of Engineering at Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya. AIP Foundation and Chevron launched Street Wise in
