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Global Newsletter March 2019 |
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Dear Friends and Supporters, In March, we launched our 2018 Annual Report which highlights our 19th year of saving lives in low- and middle-income countries. We distributed 32,329 quality helmets during the 2017-2018 school year and worked with more than 112,255 students, teachers, parents, and factory workers. Activities across our program countries in 2018 generated more than 230 online pieces, 242 pieces of radio coverage, 67 TV spots, and 61 articles in newspapers and magazines. In Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, our staff worked to promote helmet safety and safe driving skills, advocate for speed reductions and seatbelts, create safer school zones and pedestrian routes, and encourage road safety in factory zones. In the lead-up to the 2020 3rd United Nations Ministerial Meeting in Sweden, Vietnam was chosen to launch the first Round the World Roundtable. The Roundtables will span five continents to support the UN Voluntary Global Performance Targets for Road Safety. AIP Foundation hosted the first of these rountables in Hanoi to support the initiatives set forth by the Vietnamese Government, marking a global milestone in road crash prevention. Our Helmets for Families program celebrated International Women’s Day by educating and empowering mothers at Hun Sen Krong Primary School in Cambodia to protect their families during the weeks before Khmer New Year, when the roads are most dangerous. In Thailand, we educated 120 students at Wanglekwittayanusorn School in Min Buri district, Bangkok as part of The 7% Project, teaching them proper helmet wearing and traffic hand signals. For more information on our activities, achievements, and related road crash intervention news, please read on. Kind regards, Mirjam Sidik
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Photo of the Month: Vietnam commits to United Nations road crash prevention goals at Round the World Roundtable
Leading up to the 3rd United Nations Ministerial Meeting scheduled in Sweden in February 2020, Vietnam has been selected to launch a 5-continent initiative organized by the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety. The initiative supports the UN Voluntary Global Performance Targets for Road Safety. A symbolic baton was handed over to UN Special Envoy Jean Todt by the Government of Vietnam to signify their commitment. In turn, civil society partners and the corporate sector have committed to support the initiatives set forth by the Government to marking a global milestone in road crash prevention. Read the full press release here. View more photos from the Roundtable here. |
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AIP Foundation publishes Annual Report, reflects on 2018's progress toward saving lives
In 2018, we completed our 19th year of saving lives in low- and middle-income countries. Our diverse programs - ranging from advocating on behalf of garment and footwear factory workers and educating underserved ethnic minority communities, to empowering university students to act as ambassadors for their peers - spanned five countries. In Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam our staff worked to promote helmet safety and safe driving skills, advocate for speed reductions and seatbelts, create safer school zones and pedestrian routes, and encourage road safety in factory zones. We distributed 32,329 quality helmets during the 2017-2018 school year, and worked with more than 112,255 students, teachers, parents, and factory workers. Activities across our program countries in 2018 generated more than 230 online pieces, 242 pieces of radio coverage, 67 TV spots, and 61 articles in newspapers and magazines. Our multi-country Safety Delivered program reached over 3.6 million people directly and 22.4 million people directly, saving $14.3 million USD in prevented injuries, deaths, and loss of productivity and income. Our digital media campaign reached over 3.9 million people. Our "The Road Killer" TVC won the 2018 Silver Dragon Award for Best Use of Public Relations and the Black Dragon Award for Best Integrated Marketing Campaign. Read our freshly published 2018 Annual Report for more on our progress toward reducing road crash deaths and injuries in some of the world's most at-risk communities. |
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AIP Foundation receives $1 million grant from The UPS Foundation to make roads safe in six Asian countries
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, inexperienced motorcycle drivers to improve safe driving behavior. The second phase launch was held in tandem with the first Round the World Roundtable in the lead-up to the 3rd United Nations Ministerial Meeting scheduled in Sweden in February 2020. During 2017-2018, Safety Delivered reached over 3.6 million people directly and 22.4 million people directly, saving $14.3 million USD in prevented injuries, deaths, and loss of productivity and income. The program worked with 29 schools, educated over 200,000 children and youth, and distributed over 16,000 helmets. Helmet wearing rates at program schools increased from 5% to 69%. Upcoming Safety Delivered activities will include school-based road safety education, public awareness campaigns, and motorcycle helmet distribution and education. AIP Foundation and The UPS Foundation have been working together since 2011 on school-based and advocacy-focused road safety initiatives in Southeast Asia. Read the full press release here. View more photos from the Roundtable and official check handover here. |
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Related News: It’s official: Child seats are now a must in the Philippines
President Rodrigo Duterte has finally signed the law requiring children to be seated in car seats when being transported. February 22 marked the signing of Republic Act 11229 of the Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act. The law mandates that children below 150 cm (4’9”), and aged 12 and below will not be allowed to sit in the front passenger seat of a running motor vehicle. If he or she were to sit in any other seat, the child must be restrained by a child seat. Enforcement of the law will happen only one year after the implementation of the rules and regulations. The drivers who are found not complying with the law will be fined P1,000 for the first offense, P2,000 for the second, and P5,000 for succeeding offenses. The drivers who are found violating the law on the third offense onwards will also receive a one-year driver’s license suspension. The law seeks to maximize the safety of all infants and children in order to prevent traffic related deaths that may happen in case of an accident. While secure, the restraint system is also more complex and may require adult supervision to unrestrain the child. Hence it is deemed unlawful for a child to be secured into a child seat without the accompaniment of an adult in a motor vehicle. Please read the rest of the article here. |
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Helmets for Families visits Cho Ray Hospital and holds orientation workshop in Ho Chi Minh City
Helmets for Families organized a visit to Cho Ray National Hospital to engage health professionals with parents and teachers from four new program schools, the Nha Be Bureau of Education and Training, and school management boards to deliver road safety messages. Participants visited road crash victims, who have suffered from brain injuries, and saw firsthand the importance of proper helmet use while driving or riding on a motorcycle. Helmets for Families provided gifts to the victims and learned more about their situations. Doctor Tran Quang Vinh, Head of Neuro-Resuscitation, shared his insights on the consequences of road crashes for victims and their families. Similarly, Doctor Huynh Le Phuong, Head of Neurosurgery, explained how brain injury is caused and emphasized the importance of wearing quality helmets properly while driving. Helmets for Families also held a stakeholder meeting with the Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Safety Committee the week prior with representatives from government agencies, all ten program schools, and local hospitals. AIP Foundation presented road crash statistics and information in addition to introducing program objectives, the implementation plan, upcoming activities, and monitoring and evaluation methodology. Lessons learned from last year were shared by the six existing program schools from Hoc Mon and Cu Chi Districts and challenges identified by the four, new program schools in Nha Be were also discussed at the workshop. Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Tuong of the Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Safety Committee emphasized the need to carry out multiple interventions by schools, government authorities, and social organizations in order to meet the project's goals. View more photos from the hospital visit here. View photos from the orientation workshop here. |
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Mothers honored with International Women’s Day road safety forum
In support of International Women’s Day, we organized a helmet use forum for 30 mothers at Hun Sen Krong Primary School in Cambodia. The forum is a vital part of the Helmets for Families program, which is sponsored by Manulife Cambodia. The mothers received information on the impact of road crashes on society and their families, the relationship between injury prevention and helmet use, and their role in encouraging helmet use among their families. Additionally, the mothers learned about Cambodian traffic law and safer behavior tips for the upcoming Khmer New Year. Three hundred students from Hun Sen Krong Primary School were shown the importance of helmets and traffic signs, as well as safe pedestrian and passenger behavior. This follow-up training comes after the 1,055 helmets donated to teachers, students, and parents in November 2018. We are working in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport, General Commissariat of National Police, and National Road Safety Committee to implement other activities at Hun Sen Krong Primary School over the coming year. Please see more photos from the launch here. |
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Helmets for Kids launches in Siem Reap, donates helmets to high-risk primary school
We gave 96 helmets to high-risk students at Phum O Primary School in Siem Reap as part of our Helmets for Kids program. This event was co-sponsored by a new partner, The Dirty Cuts Siem Reap Motorcycle Club (DCSR), a local motorcycle club founded in 2013 and based in Siem Reap. Proceeds from the Siem Reap Bike Meet, which was sponsored by DCSR, were also donated to the Helmets for Kids program. Phum O Primary School was selected for the helmet donation due to its dangerous location along National Highway 6, where three students were involved in road crashes last year. The event was especially timely given the upcoming Khmer New Year, when road crashes often occur in higher numbers than usual. At the ceremony, students received educational training and participated educational games. Please see more photos here. Please read the press release here. |
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120 students in Bangkok’s Min Buri district receive road safety training
Save the Children and AIP Foundation held a road safety information session for 120 students at Wanglekwittayanusorn School in Min Buri district, Bangkok as part of The 7% Project. The session helped students learn about the importance of helmet use, the correct way to wear a helmet, and other road safety basics such as hand signals. Trainers included police officers from the Metropolitan Police Division 3 and Sompong Narueng, who was one of the teachers who attended the Training of Trainers on school safety awareness held late last year. In addition, the project also donated 40 high visibility safety vests and 200 helmets to the school. View more photos from the session here. |
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Walk Wise installs traffic simulation corners and warning signs across schools in Nanba
Walk Wise recently installed traffic simulation corners at 17 program schools in Nanba Township. These corners will help teachers conduct demonstrations for students to learn important safety information through interactive and fun activities. Additionally, Walk Wise installed traffic warning signs to guide drivers and pedestrians around all program schools. With 42 newly installed signs in place, road users will have more awareness of safety around the program schools. View more photos of the installations here. |
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