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Global Newsletter May 2019 |
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Dear Friends and Supporters, This month we celebrated the fifth United Nations Global Road Safety Week in Cambodia, China, and Vietnam with road safety advocates all over the world. We reached out to university students in Cambodia held a week of public awareness events for 1,600 students in Nanba, Sichuan Province, China, and engaged government and school administrators from 37 schools in Ho Chi Minh City to implement school zone modifications. We also launched two new interactive and innovative programs in Vietnam including Safety with Moki, which combines education and entertainment to ensure students retain helmet and pedestrian knowledge, and our new child car seat initiative in Hanoi, which will teach parents how to protect their children with car seats and seatbelts. 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: AA Vietnam and AIP Foundation bring child car safety training to parents in Hanoi
AA Vietnam and AIP Foundation, in collaboration with the Hanoi Traffic Safety Committee, have launched a new child car seat initiative at Nam Tu Liem Primary School in Hanoi. The launch event was held during the 5th United Nations Global Road Safety Week, attended by 800 primary school students and teachers. Public awareness campaigns and education will be used to promote car seats and seatbelt use for children, specifically targeting the behavior and attitudes of parents. The initiative is modeled after FIA’s toolkit for child safety in cars, and will advocate for child seatbelt use and car seats to be included in Vietnamese law. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), road crashes in Vietnam cause an estimated 24,970 fatalities and more than 499,400 injuries each year. Children are particularly vulnerable: 1,900 children perish on Vietnam’s roads each year. Road crashes are the second leading cause of death for Vietnamese children between the ages of 5 and 14. The WHO reports wearing a seatbelt reduces the risk of death among drivers and front seat occupants by 45-50% and the risk of death and serious injuries among rear seat occupants by 25%. In addition to parent training workshops and government advocacy, AIP Foundation will implement a social media campaign and install a series of billboards in busy traffic areas around Hanoi. The campaign will reach approximately 80,000 people. Please see more photos from the launch event here. Please read the entire press release here. |
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AIP Foundation President calls for constant monitoring at FIA Conference 2019
AIP Foundation President Greig Craft attended the FIA Conference 2019 in Sun City, South Africa where he spoke of the need for thorough monitoring and reporting, using the two-decade long campaign for increased helmet use among motorcycle riders in Vietnam as an example. After campaigning on the issue for many years, in 2007, Vietnam enacted a universal helmet law making the wearing of helmets mandatory. Since then, monitoring of uptake levels and safety improvements has been constant, enabling further data-led changes, such as the introduction of the mandatory use of helmets for children aged six and older. In just over 10 years, $3.5 billion USD has been saved, half a million head injuries have been prevented, and 15,302 lives saved. Read more about Vietnam's helmet law campaign in our Head First report here. |
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Walk This Way stakeholders review successful school zone modification milestones during UN Global Road Safety Week
AIP Foundation, as a Safe Kids Vietnam affiliate, worked with FedEx Express to celebrate the UN Global Road Safety Week with a workshop to present the milestones of the Walk This Way program. Launched in 2009 and conducted by FedEx and Safe Kids Vietnam to increase awareness of child pedestrian safety and improve road user behavior, Walk This Way has reached more than 200,000 students from 315 primary and secondary schools across Vietnam, and donated helmets, reflective jackets and caps, pedestrian safety pencil cases, and pedestrian safety books to students. In Ho Chi Minh City, AIP Foundation has led the installation of school zone modifications for Ket Doan Primary School, Mach Kiem Hung Secondary School, Pham Van Chi Primary School, and Hung Vuong Primary School, four of 37 program schools, based on their zoning needs. The modifications included installing sidewalks, yellow warning lights, and refuge islands as well as basic elements like school zone and pedestrian crossing signs and slow down markings. The modifications were based on the findings of the International Road Assessment Program's Star Rating for Schools (SR4S), which helps rate the risks and safety of roads on a 1-star (least safe) to 5-star (safest) scale. These road upgrades led to an increase in the star rating of all four schools, ensuring a measurable improvement of the safety level offered to students on their way to the school. Post-modification results showed that all schools had at least a three or above, according to the SR4S ratings. The workshop gathered representatives from the Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Safety Committee, Ho Chi Minh Department of Education and Training, and Urban Transportation Management Area 1 as well as from the selected and participating schools. Please read the press release here. Please see more photos from the workshop here. |
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Related News: Thirty-seven school zones to be modified to ensure road safety
The roads around 37 schools in HCM City’s districts 1, 5 and 6 will be modified by next year to ensure they are pedestrian-friendly and safe for their students under the Walk This Way program. Of the 37 schools, Ket Doan Primary School in District 1, Mach Kiem Hung Secondary School in District 5 and Pham Van Chi and Hung Vuong Primary Schools in District 6 have been chosen to trial the modifications. They include installing pavements, yellow warning lights and pedestrian refuge islands for pedestrians to safely wait for a gap in the traffic to cross the road. This makes crossing easier for pedestrians by allowing them to do so in two stages and deal with traffic from one direction at a time, according to the Road Safety Toolkit of the International Road Assessment Programme. Please read more here. |
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AIP Foundation launches innovative road safety 'edutainment' program
Our new school-based education program, Safety With Moki, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz, brought innovative road safety curriculum to the students of Le Van Tho Primary School in Ho Chi Minh City. Ten Mercedes-Benz 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 students’ attention effectively. The training also included a series of educational challenges where students had the opportunity to win prizes such as helmets. The educational materials focused on safe helmet use and safe pedestrian behavior. After the training, all students received a road safety booklet reinforcing the live-saving knowledge they learned. On 23 May, we held a closing ceremony that included the swearing in of Moki student road safety ambassadors and award distributions for the 110 students who received helmets by winning challenges during the training. Please see pictures from the Safety With Moki tour here. |
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Twenty-two program schools reflect on successful
Helmets for Kids 2018-2019 program
AIP Foundation coordinated with Gia Lai Traffic Safety Committee organized a 2018-2019 school year Helmets For Kids review workshop for nearly 100 people, including Mr. Le Van Hanh, a representative from the Gia Lai Traffic Safety Committee and other representatives from Gia Lai Department of Education and Training, Board of Education and Training, teachers, parents, and students. Helmets For Kids is supported by long-time partner Johnson & Johnson. After three successful years of program implementation in the province, general helmet wearing rates in the province remains high at nearly 95% - marking the overall effectiveness of the program. The Gia Lai Traffic Safety Committee and AIP Foundation presented all 12 program schools with awards for their excellent job protecting their students and school community this year. AIP Foundation also conducted an orientation and teacher training workshop for representatives from three new program schools. Staff from these new schools were introduced to the program, trained on how to use program guideline and shown how to measure children's heads to choose correct helmet size and fit. Following the workshops in Gia Lai, a review and orientation workshop was held in Thai Nguyen with more than 60 participants from the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee, Department of Education and Training, school boards, and parents. After one year of implementation at Helmets For Kids schools, the helmet wearing rate of Thai Nguyen has increased from 8% to 93%. During the 2019-2020 school year four new schools will join the program together with four existing schools, increasing the total number of program schools in Thai Nguyen to eight this year. AIP Foundation also held eleven successful reflection workshops in Quang Nam and Yen Bai, marking five and three years of impactful program implementation respectively. |
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Cambodian university students in Phnom Penh discuss crash prevention during UN Global Road Safety Week
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 group of guest speakers including Mr. Sen Cheatvisoth, Deputy Director of Road Safety Department of the Ministry of Public Work and Transportation; General Long Thou, Deputy Director of Traffic Police and Public Order Department of the General Commissariat of National Police; and Mr. Kim Pagna, AIP Foundation Cambodia Country Director. During the discussion, students raised many concerns about the dangerous roads near their universities and shared many practical suggestions on how universities and students could make roads safer. A majority of students suggested creating speed limits of 30 Km/h around universities and schools zone. View photos from the discussion here. |
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Garment factory workers and drivers speak up about crash prevention
AIP Foundation facilitated road safety workers, drivers, and factory management discussions with nearly 200 people at factories in Kampong Chhnang and Kampong Cham provinces. Workers and drivers 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. They discussed many concerns about the dangerous roads near their factories and shared many practical suggestions on how drivers could make roads safer while transporting workers on their commutes. Please see more photos here. |
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Walk Wise celebrates UN Global Road Safety Week in Nanba
To celebrate the fifth UN Global Road Safety Week, AIP Foundation's Walk Wise program organized a public awareness event for the community at Nanba No. 1 Primary School. 55 representatives from AIP Foundation, Xuanhan County, Chevron, and other stakeholder groups as well as 1600 students attended the event. To kick off the event, students gave a performance with tips and information about road safety. Following this Mr. Qin, the principal of Nanba No. 1 Primary School, spoke about the importance of leadership for road safety of this year's UN Global Road Safety Week. Students then performed a play with additional information about road safety in China. Additional speeches were given by AIP Foundation CEO Mirjam Sidik and Chevron Corporate Affairs Manager Tai Jinmei on the successes of the Walk Wise program in improving road safety in Nanba. Lastly, Mr. Wang, Vice Mayor of Xuanhan County, thanked Chevron and AIP Foundation for their contributions and noted that there remains much to do and that all stakeholders must continue to work together to improve the road safety situation in Xuanhan County. To conclude the celebration, an award ceremony was organized for students who participated in creating road safety artwork for UN Global Road Safety Week. One hundred and twenty-one pieces of artwork from all 17 program schools were collected, and 26 finalists were awarded and exhibited at the celebration event. Following the awards, students played road safety games to reinforce their knowledge and the themes of UN Global Road Safety Week. In addition to this celebration, Walk Wise organized a series of activities to celebrate UN Global Road Safety Week. All 17 schools participated in a "walking school bus" where students learn about traffic safety firsthand on the roads. See more photos from the celebration event here. |
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