Global Newsletter – April 2022 

Dear Friends and Supporters,

 

“Let it be the decade of action for NGOs.”Lotte Brondum, Executive Director, proclaimed last month, at the 7th Global Meeting of the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety. In this spirit, we celebrate the commitment of the people working to improve global road safety around the world and their pledges of #CommitToAct.

 

After two years of strict border closures, our host country of Vietnam is finally reopening its borders, warmly welcoming citizens and tourists alike. For all of us at AIP Foundation, this is truly joyous news as we are now able to reunite with family, friends, colleagues, partners, and beneficiaries after far too long.

 

In late April, our program team traveled to Mumbai to celebrate the launch of our signature road safety program, Safety Delivered, in India for the first time. 

 

This month, we have also placed creativity at the heart of our work, with a helmet safety drawing contest in Ho Chi Minh City as part of the Safety Delivered program, UPS volunteers from UPS Vietnam had the pleasure to select the best drawings. Students from five project schools across the city entered the drawing contest. Each class was encouraged to draw a picture in their classroom following the topic: “Correct helmet wear – Safety Delivered”. 

 

In the Philippines, UPS staff was present at the online helmet measurement training marking the fundamental engagement of UPS in the Philippines, in delivering safety to the children of Mandaluyong city. 

 

In collaboration with the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC), we hosted a workshop focusing on collaboration with legislative agencies, as part of the nationwide campaign amending road laws in Vietnam, supported by the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) and the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI). 

 

Policy-makers from key agencies at the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Health, and other key relevant agencies benefitted from the key recommendations from leading experts to amend the laws and ensure safer streets and roads for life in Vietnam.

As part of the Heads Up! Program, our FIA community workshop put young voices at the heart of solving the global road safety crisis. We cannot hope to solve the road safety crisis on our own, we must engage with youth at every step of the process.

 

Maolin Macatangay, Communications Manager at Youth for Road Safety (YOURS) shared, “YOURS – Youth for Road Safety continuously works to create a world where young people do not die on the world’s roads. The best way to do this is to meaningfully engage and involve young people in all stages of project management and decision-making. We believe that young people have the abilities, commitment, and passion to energize the road safety movement across the world. It’s time we see young people not just as victims of road crashes but as assets who can help end the senseless loss of lives on the roads.”


As we mobilize our community in the region for the upcoming week of action, expressing our steadfast support for the #StreetsforLife campaign, we take this opportunity to celebrate every person who is dedicating their time, creativity, and innovative action to ensuring we meet the target of reducing road injuries and fatalities by 50% by 2030.

 

Please read on.

 

Sincerely,

 

Mirjam Sidik
CEO, AIP Foundation

EXPLORE OUR WORK:

 Global

FIA Community workshop puts young voices at the heart of solving the global road safety crisis
AIP Foundation’s life-saving road safety interventions are featured in the iRAP 2022 Annual Report
AIP Foundation celebrates the work of UPS volunteers during #GlobalVolunteerMonth 2022
Heads Up! workshop on youth engagement in road safety featured on YOURS blog
 
AIP Foundation featured in the Global Alliance Newsletter April 2022
 
30 km/h in Vietnam: Slow Zones, Safe Zones featured on the Global Alliance website
First global overview of school streets schemes making school journeys safer and cleaner by the Child Health Initiative
 

 India

The Safety Delivered signature road safety program launches in India for the first time
 

 The Philippines

A how-to helmet measurement training to save vulnerable lives on the road in the Philippines

 Thailand

AIP Foundation Thailand expands collaborations with key government stakeholders to deliver safety for all vulnerable road users across the country

Vietnam

Students use artwork to express the lessons learned through the Safety Delivered program in Vietnam
A collaborative workshop was held bringing together key legislative agencies to reduce risks and fatalities on the roads in Vietnam

BEYOND

Want to see a collection of UK road safety campaigns since the 2000s? Visit the THINK! website!
Have you seen this ingenious road safety poster? Don’t miss it! Click here.
Read about Chennai’s latest road safety campaign by the police.
How scary is a road to a pedestrian? Have a look at this illustration to find out.

Related News

Youth for Road Safety through the Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety has launched its latest art campaign called the #ClaimingOurSpace campaign. The campaign will use art and other forms of creative expression to capture the voices of young people in road safety and highlight why they should be meaningfully engaged when it comes to matters around road safety and sustainable mobility.
Read more about how Vietnam builds a master plan to cut air pollution here.
Read more about gender equality, mobility, and transport in Vietnam here.
We are hiring! Do you want to be a part of the change to save lives? We are looking for a Monitoring and Evaluation Junior Coordinator. Click here for more information.
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