Dr. Rodjana Khoonpoon, a member of the engineering department at Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya, and her team attended meetings to prepare for upcoming baseline observations for the Street Wise program. Dr. Khoonpoon and her team will conduct research at the five new program schools to kick-off Phase 2 of the road safety initiative. They will
AIP Foundation was recognized at an event organized by Save the Children for its commitment to the child-focused road safety program, The 7% Project. Oratai Junsuwanaruk, Thailand Country Manager of AIP Foundation, joined partner organizations including the Road Accident Victims Protection Company Limited, Tesco Lotus, Road Safety Group Thailand, Marriott, and the Bangkok Primary Educational Service Area Office,
Hong Leong Bank Cambodia Plc. teamed up with AIP Foundation and #SaveKidsLives to provide nearly 100 grade 1 and 2 students with life-saving helmets. The handover ceremony took place at Anuk Wat Primary School in Phnom Penh. During the event, the students participated in educational activities about how to follow traffic rules and learned about the
Chevron announced its renewed support of Phase 2 of AIP Foundation’s Street Wise program, which will expand its road safety work in Songkhla Province to five more schools. The announcement was made during the opening ceremony of the Songkhla Shore Base and Warehouse in Singhanakhon District. Government officials, representatives from Chevron, and the AIP Foundation team, as well
An organic rice distributor launched a Helmets for Kids program at Thairath Wittaya 5 School that will provide road safety education to more than 10,000 students, teachers, parents, and community members. The Natural Growth Co., Ltd., will also provide 500 quality helmets to beneficiaries. Many of the organic rice distributors’ farmers are members of the
In preparation of launching a new Helmets for Kids program in Uttaradit Province, AIP Foundation trained more than 350 teachers, students, and parents from an agricultural community on helmet safety. The Natural Growth Co., Ltd., an organic rice distributor, is sponsoring the initiative. Vespiario (Thailand) Co., Ltd., also donated 300 helmets to participants. The activity began by familiarizing teachers
From 8-15 January, AIP Foundation staff educated parents of students at four primary schools in a primarily low-income and agricultural district of Ho Chi Minh City on helmet safety. The training session was part of Abbott’s Helmets for Families program. Attendees were taught the three-steps to properly wearing a motorcycle helmet and were informed about
AIP Foundation staff visited five new Street Wise schools in preparation of launching phase 2 of the road safety program. All of the schools are located in the Singhanakhon District of Songkhla Province. The new schools are Wat Bo Phab School, Wat Thammakhod School, Wat Lo Kha School, Wat Sathit Chonlatan School, and Wat Ta Luang Khong
This opinion piece penned by AIP Foundation’s Thailand Chairperson, Ratanawadee Winther, was recently featured in the Bangkok Post. Have you ever wondered why after years of efforts, Thailand has barely made a dent in reducing road traffic fatalities and injuries? With 66 people killed every day on Thai roads, we are only second behind war-torn Libya
Helmets for Families, supported by Abbott, is expanding its road safety education to four new schools in the Hoc Mon District of Ho Chi Minh City, a suburban and agricultural zone where up to 90% of the participating students’ parents are manual laborers. This year, Helmets for Families will continue its work toward increasing road