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Global Newsletter January-February 2019 |
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Dear Friends and Supporters, With 2019 in full swing, we have been busy with new program phases, parent training workshops, and school zone modifications across our countries. In January, AIP Foundation delivered smart driving tips to 40,000 parents and installed school zone modifications at four schools in Ho Chi Minh City as part of the Walk This Way program. Additionally, we held a life-saving simulation training for students in in Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia and gave parents a safety training ahead of the holidays through Helmets for Families. In February we attended the First Meeting of the High-Level Consultative Committee for the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Paris, France. Furthermore, we held a training of trainers for community leaders in Bangkok on school safety awareness and, we launched school zone modifications and a new public awareness campaign as part of our Slow Zones, Safe Zones program in Pleiku City, which is the first-ever pilot program to reduce speed in school zones in Vietnam. The new year has been productive for AIP Foundation thus far; we hope it has been the same for you. For more information on our activities, achievements, and related road crash intervention news, please read on. Kind regards, Mirjam Sidik
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Slow Zones, Safe Zones launches road modifications and new public awareness campaign in Pleiku City
AIP Foundation collaborated with the Gia Lai Traffic Safety Committee (TSC) to celebrate the launch of a new public awareness campaign and school zone road modifications in Pleiku City as part of the Slow Zones, Safe Zones program – the first-ever pilot program to reduce speed in school zones in Vietnam, supported by Fondation Botnar and the Global Road Safety Partnership. At the ceremony at Phan Dang Luu Primary School, over 1200 teachers, students, and parents of the school attended in addition to government stakeholders from the National TSC, the Ministry of Education and Training, the Gia Lai TSC, the Gia Lai Department of Education and Training, the Gia Lai Department of Transport, and the Gia Lai Traffic Police. Additionally, representatives from all 32 primary schools in Pleiku, KOVA Paint, the Global Road Safety Partnership, and AIP Foundation attended the ceremony. Slow Zones, Safe Zones focuses on speed reduction and school zone safety through construction of tailored school-zone modifications like speed bumps, road markings, speed reduction signs, and sidewalks; design and implementation of a road safety public awareness campaign to promote positive road user behaviors, paired with increased law enforcement; development and testing of a nationally-applicable road safety e-curriculum; and advocacy to provincial government to support and scale program activities throughout Pleiku City and Gia Lai province. In Pleiku City, school zones are often located along national and provincial roads and there are no safety parameters in place to protect pedestrians, namely schoolchildren commuting to and from school, from road crashes. In addition, the current speed limits for these roads are rather high with a minimum of 50km/hour. In response to this, Slow Zones, Safe Zones installed raised crosswalks, rumble strips, refuge islands, traffic lights, road markings, speed reduction and school zone signs, and new sidewalks at two schools thus far. Additionally through Slow Zones, Safe Zones, a school zone speed limit of 30 km/h was implemented in Vietnam for the first time. In addition to the school zone modifications, Slow Zones, Safe Zones also celebrated the launch of its public awareness campaign featuring billboards and a television public service announcement (PSA) entitled “The Wheel.” In the PSA, we see the story of a young girl who becomes paralyzed after being struck by a carelessly speeding motorcycle on her way home from school. The PSA explores the implications of reckless driving on the lives of those most vulnerable, young children, and hopes to emphasize the importance of slowing down while driving in order to protect one another and to avoid possible consequences such as those faced by the young girl. Watch "The Wheel" here. Read the full press release here. See more photos from the launch here. View photos of the school zone modifications here. |
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AIP Foundation joins First Meeting of the High-Level Consultative Committee for the 3rd UN Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety
Experts from over 30 organizations led by the Government of Sweden and the World Health Organization (WHO) met in Paris, France, on February 7, 2019 to shape the agenda of the 3rd UN Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. AIP Foundation President Greig Craft attended the meeting as part of the High-Level Consultative Committee (HLCC), which aims to create a successful conference with lasting results for global road safety. The HLCC is tasked with advising on strategic decisions related to the Ministerial Conference. At the first meeting, discussion on the progress of the Decade of Action, conference objectives, and stakeholders' roles and contributions took place. The UN Conference will mark the end of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011–2020 and the starting point for continued collaboration to making roads safe for all.. The aim is to reach global consensus on guidelines for continued international collaboration on road safety up to 2030. Sweden is to host the Conference on 19-20 February, 2020,.The Conference will be co-sponsored by the WHO and minister-led delegations from more than 100 countries are expected to attend. Representatives from the world of industry and research, international institutions, and other global organizations will also participate. |
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Safe Walking Squads deliver smart driving tips to 40,000 parents
More than 35 Safe Walking Squads comprised of trained university students visited 37 schools in Ho Chi Minh City to deliver pedestrian safety knowledge and smart driving tips to nearly 40,000 parents as part of the Walk This Way program supported by FedEx. Additionally, the Safe Walking Squads handed out informational leaflets that contained information not only on smart driving tips, but also on five safe steps for crossing the road so that parents can remind their children these critical safety lessons. The four smart driving tips to protect pedestrians are:
At these parent meetings, the Safe Walking Squads visited every classroom at each school and reinforced parent knowledge of smart driving and safe walking through mini-games and interactive games. View more photos from the parent meetings here. |
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Slow Zones, Safe Zones hosts school zone safety information session for parents in Pleiku
Nearly 2,000 parents of students from Phan Dang Luu and Nguyen Luong Bang primary schools in Pleiku joined a school zone safety information session with the Bureau of Education and Training of Pleiku City, the Gia Lai Traffic Safety Committee, and the People's Police Academy (PPA). During the information session, experts from the PPA explained the importance of speed reduction when driving around and through school zones. They also provided information about what parents should do to enhance child safety in school zones such as slowing down and giving way to pedestrians among other safety guidelines. At the end of the session, parents were given fans with school zone safety information on them as practical reminders of the knowledge gained. See more photos from the information session here. |
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Walk This Way installs school zone modifications at four schools in Ho Chi Minh City
As part of its mission to make schools in Ho Chi Minh City safer for pedestrians and road users, Walk This Way installed school zone modifications at four schools in the city to make them safer and more accessible for all. Of the 37 program schools, these four schools were selected based on their school zone needs. Ket Doan Primary School in District 1 is located on a narrow street that lacks a proper sidewalk. Mach Kiem Hung Secondary School in District 5 faces heavy and speedy traffic. Hung Vuong Primary School and Pham Van Chi Primary Schools in District 6 need refuge islands for pedestrians to safely cross the road. In addition to installing sidewalks, yellow warning lights, and refuge islands, basic elements of a safe school zone such as school zone signs, pedestrian crossing signs, and slow down markings were also equipped where deemed deficient by AIP Foundation and the school boards. Additionally, raised crosswalks were installed to reduce speed of passing vehicles; this is the first time raised crosswalks have been installed at school zones in Ho Chi Minh City. AIP Foundation has collaborated with the Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Safety Committee, Transportation Department, and Urban Transportation Management Area 1 since July 2018 to survey pilot schools and organize meetings for discussion with relevant stakeholders in order to proceed with these school zone modifications. With the pilot modifications of these four schools, Walk This Way seeks to set a precedent and expand its programming to other schools. View more photos of the modifications here. |
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Related News: Programme seeks to slow down vehicles to make school zones safer
AIP Foundation and the Gia Lai Province Traffic Safety Committee launched a new public awareness campaign and made school zone road modifications in Pleiku City as part of a program to reduce vehicle speeds in school zones, the first of its kind in the country. Slow Zones, Safe Zones, supported by Foundation Botnar and the Global Road Safety Partnership, focuses on speed reduction and school zone safety through the construction of tailored school-zone modifications like speed bumps, road markings, speed reduction signs, and sidewalks. Design and implementation of a road safety public awareness campaign to promote positive road user behaviors and increased law enforcement are also carried out under the program. It focuses on development and testing of a nationally applicable road safety e-curriculum and advocacy to provincial government to support and scale program activities throughout Pleiku City and Gia Lai province. Read the full article here. |
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Parents taught to stay safe on the roads during the Lunar New Year holiday
Forty parents received training on the importance of correct helmet use for themselves and their children through our Helmets for Families program sponsored by Manulife Cambodia. The training was planned to coincide with the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday to raise awareness of the higher incidences of road crashes around holiday periods and national celebrations. During the training, parents were provided with free quality helmets and instruction as to the importance of consistently wearing a helmet when driving. The training provided information on the national helmet law and focused on reinforcing the importance of the parents’ individual roles as caregivers to the well being of their children. This activity follows Manulife Cambodia’s donation of 1,055 helmets to students, teachers, and mothers at Hun Sen Krong Primary School in Preah Sihanouk Province in early November 2018. |
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Over 240 students get life-saving simulation training in Preah Sihanouk Province
Over 240 primary school students from Hun Sen Krong Primary School were trained in how to handle real-life traffic situations that confront the children everyday on the roads in their communities. This training is a part of the Helmets for Families program, which is sponsored by Manulife Cambodia. Ten volunteers from Manulife Cambodia educated the students by riding their two-wheelers through a driving simulation to showcase how to handle common road safety scenarios. There was also a motorcycle driving simulation that allowed students to experience what it feels like to ride a motorcycle and avoid road hazards and distractions. Students were also provided with road safety information on traffic laws, wearing a helmet, and safe practices as pedestrians, cyclists and when riding a motorcycle. At the end of the training the students participated in a Q&A to test their road safety knowledge. Please see more photos here. |
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AIP Foundation Cambodia recognized by national government for the third year in a row
AIP Foundation Cambodia and nine of our partners received certificates of appreciation from the National Road Safety Committee for our youth engagement and public advocacy to keep roads in Cambodia safe. AIP Foundation was spotlighted for its contributions to promoting helmet use in 2018. Our Country Director, Pagna Kim was individually honored for his promotion and dissemination of road traffic law in Cambodia in 2018. Our Helmets for Families supporter, Manulife Cambodia was commended for supporting road safety awareness and enforcement of road traffic law in Cambodia in 2018. Four universities: Phnom Penh International University, University of Cambodia, Asia Euro University, and Royal University of Phnom Penh were honored for their successful implementation of the Safety Delivered youth ambassadors for road safety program in Phnom Penh. Three youth ambassadors for road safety and the Khmer Art Association were also honored. |
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The 7% Project donates safety equipment to Yannawa Metropolitan Police in Bangkok
As part of The 7% Project, AIP Foundation donated 20 high visibility safety vests and 82 safety cones to the Yannawa Metropolitan Police Station's Traffic Division. On the same day, our team also had an opportunity to film one of the stars of our case story videos, Pol. Capt. Sumran Hongsiri, as he carried out his duties helping to make our roads safer. A collaboration between Save the Children and AIP Foundation, The 7% Project aims to increase engagement with school authorities to encourage helmet use among children and families, strengthen the capacity of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration staff, teachers, community members, and youth leaders, and engage police stakeholders to actively enforce traffic laws. |
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AIP Foundation conducts training of trainers for community leaders in Bangkok to promote school safety awareness
AIP Foundation and Save the Children held a Training of Trainers for community leaders on school safety awareness at Grand Sukhumvit Hotel in Bangkok as part of The 7% Project. In the morning, guest speakers including AIP Foundation's Oratai Junsuwanaruk, Save the Children’s Arun Wattanapalin, and the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation's Pisith Wongthiathana provided participants with key facts and road safety basics and highlighted possible measures communities can implement to improve road safety in school areas. In the afternoon, the participants learned the correct way to wear helmets and worked in groups to analyze risks faced by residents in their respective communities when using the road and come up with ways to reduce those risks as well as present their activity plans. Additionally, helmets were provided to all participants. The training was attended by 86 people including 75 community leaders and representatives from district offices from 8 districts of Bangkok - Prawet, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Wang Thonglang, Min Buri, Yannawa, Bang Kapi, Phasi Charoen and Don Mueang. The 7% Project is a collaboration between AIP Foundation and Save the Children and aims to increase engagement by school authorities to encourage helmet use among children and families, strengthen the capacity of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration staff, teachers, community members, and youth leaders and engage police stakeholders to actively enforce traffic laws. View more photos from the training here. |
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