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Global Newsletter May 2017 |
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Dear Friends and Supporters, Speed kills. That’s why this month we joined thousands of fellow road safety advocates, government representatives, and concerned citizens from around the world to urge road users to #SlowDown. Our Youth Ambassadors for Road Safety (YARS) participants implemented awareness campaigns and advocated stakeholders in Phnom Penh to manage vehicle speeds in Cambodia. In Vietnam, more than 3,000 people living in an industrial port community came out to the “Get Home Safe” festival. Our Thailand team launched a new PSA campaign that builds on the momentum of the #SlowDown campaign. The initiative stars “Auntie PIA” who urges people to “Tell Auntie PIA” when they see high-risk road areas in Bangkok. At the end of the campaign, we will bring this crowd-sourced evidence to government agencies so they can build pilot safe-speed zones in the city. In China, 500 students in Kaizhou District joined us at the “#SlowDown for the Kids” event, which included engaging games and activities to reinforce road safety lessons. We were honored to be able to play our part in the 4th UN Global Road Safety Week. The effects of road crashes are felt around the world, across income levels and social statuses. It will take worldwide, united efforts to reach our vision of zero deaths and fatalities. Kind regards, Mirjam Sidik
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Photo of the month – AIP Foundation selected as semifinalist in annual GlobalGiving photo contest!
AIP Foundation’s photo was selected as a semi-finalist in GlobalGiving’s annual photo contest. Online voting took place from 22-26 May, 2017, via the digital fundraising platform. The submitted photo was captured during a helmet safety knowledge exchange between truck drivers and primary school students in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Vietnam, in December 2016. The event was held as part of our Lifting Safety program, a partnership with APM Terminals. Learn more about and donate to our projects directly via GlobalGiving. |
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UNICEF invites AIP Foundation to offer insights on child-focused road safety programs
AIP Foundation joined representatives from four of UNICEF's East Asia Pacific Region offices, the World Health Organization, FIA Foundation, iRAP, and regional government agencies to share its knowledge on child-based road safety programming. The two-day workshop was held to support UNICEF country teams develop child-focused road safety programming over the next year. The initiatives are being supported by FIA Foundation as part of a partnership launched in 2014. During the meeting, AIP Foundation's Deputy CEO, Hoang Thi Na Huong, and Communications and Development Coordinator, Molly Ellison, discussed the organization's approaches to advocacy and school-based activities, focusing on both helmet use and pedestrian safety. UNICEF and government representatives from the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Mongolia, and Vietnam were in attendance. “The expertise being provided by regional and global partners is a vital contribution to help develop the response to child road traffic injury. Along with other key partners, the input from AIP Foundation is helping to strengthen this new programming which is working towards the SDG agenda on road traffic injury and the priority of a safe journey to school for every child," Avi Silverman, FIA Foundation Deputy Director and Global Coordinator of UNICEF’s Child Road Traffic Injury programme, said. "This is just the start of what we hope will prove a successful collaborative effort to save lives on the roads.” |
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Photo captured at pedestrian safety simulation in Vietnam wins international contest
AIP Foundation won a photo contest hosted by the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety in recognition of the 4th UN Global Road Safety Week. The winning image, which was in the “NGOs at Work” category, featured students participating in a pedestrian safety simulation as part of the Walk This Way program, which is supported by FedEx Express and Safe Kids Worldwide. The contest and international road safety week promoted the message to ‘Save Lives – #SlowDown’ around the world. Speed is often credited as a reason for road crashes, which kill more than 1.25 million and injure another 50 million annually. Read the full press release from the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety here. |
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AIP Foundation shares experiences on health programming with Save The Children during workshop
AIP Foundation's Policy and Programs Advisor, Louise Goldman, shared insights from the organization's 17 years of experience in road safety with staff from Save the Children during a workshop in Bangkok. Goldman discussed AIP Foundation's pedestrian safety and helmet safety programs in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Uganda. Representatives from Save the Children, FIA Foundation, the Global Road Safety Partnership, and 100 Resilient Cities attended the event. Save the Children hosted the workshop to aid the development of its approach to tackling road safety and to help staff brainstorm potential initiatives. Representatives from the organization from across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia attended, and came from issue backgrounds ranging from disaster risk education, to school health and nutrition. |
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Related news: Children below 18 years old banned from riding motorcycles
Source: Manila Bulletin, 18 May, 2017 Starting May 19, children below 18 years old are no longer allowed to board motorcycles plying major public roads. Effective on this date, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and other law enforcement agencies will apprehend motorcycle drivers with small children riders in accordance with Republic Act No. 10666, “Children’s Safety on Motorcycles Act of 2015.” It was signed into law by former President Benigno Aquino III on July 21, 2015. Under its implementing rules and regulations, motorcycle riders are not allowed to drive with small children on board, especially when traversing roads where there are heavy volumes of fast-moving vehicles, or where a speed limit of more than 60 kilometer-per-hour are imposed. Read the full article here. |
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Related news: New World Health Organization report finds that more than 1.2 million adolescents die every year, nearly all preventable
Source: World Health Organization, 16 May, 2017 More than 3000 adolescents die every day, totaling 1.2 million deaths a year, from largely preventable causes, according to a new report from WHO and partners. In 2015, more than two-thirds of these deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries in Africa and South-East Asia. Road crash injuries, lower respiratory infections, and suicide are the biggest causes of death among adolescents. In 2015, road injuries were the leading cause of adolescent death among 10–19-year-olds, resulting in approximately 115 000 adolescent deaths. Older adolescent boys aged 15–19 years experienced the greatest burden. Most young people killed in road crashes are vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. Read the full press release from the World Health Organization here. |
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Related news: 'Speed Vaccine' campaign launched to encourage people to #SlowDown on the world's roads
Source: The Global Initiative for Child Health & Mobility, 8 May, 2017 A child hit by a car at 20 miles an hour (30 km/h) can survive. Hit at 50mph (80km/h), most will die. And every day 3,000 children are killed or seriously injured on the world’s roads. By failing to tackle vehicle speed, we’re failing to protect our young. Reducing speed by design on roads where kids live, and where they walk or cycle to school, is urgent. This is a highly cost effective public health intervention, enabling exercise, reducing vehicle emissions. A proven area-wide ‘vaccine’ against serious injury. Low speeds save lives. The Global Initiative for Child Health & Mobility has launched the Speed Vaccine advocacy campaign to urge governments, cities, international lending institutions like the World Bank, urban and highway designers, and policy leaders to ensure that all roads and streets used by children have traffic speed limits, sidewalks and crossings that are safe for children. Its vision is a safe and healthy journey to school for every child. Learn more about the campaign here. |
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FedEx and AIP Foundation award winners of “Photovoice” contest to spread awareness about road safety in school zones
FedEx Express and AIP Foundation, operating as Safe Kids Vietnam, announced the winners of the “Photovoice” contest at Hoa Lu Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City. Held from March to April this year, students from Ho Chi Minh City submitted their photos of road hazards and unsafe pedestrian behaviors as well as recommendations on how the walking environments around their schools can be improved. The photos and students’ testimonials will be used to advocate the government to improve the safety of school zones in Ho Chi Minh City. More than 350 entries were received, and the finalists who were shortlisted presented their pictures and recommendations to a judging panel composed of FedEx team members, AIP Foundation representatives, and government officials who then selected the winners. The activity was part of the Walk This Way program. View more photos from the event here. Read the full press release here. |
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Underprivileged night school students receive reflective gear to stay safe on school commutes
Nearly 360 night school students from low-income backgrounds received reflective gear to stay safe on their commutes to and from school, which often take place in the dark and along high-risk roads. The students are unable to attend school during regular hours because they must collect scraps and recyclables from garbage dumps to support their families. For two hours per night, four times per week they attend school. During the handover event, they watched exciting performances and comedy routines. The students, who live in District 9 of Ho Chi Minh City, also wore their new backpacks during a real-world road simulation in their community. In preparation of the event, the district-level government repainted a zebra crossing to make the environment safer for the night school students. The initiative was supported by Safe Kids Worldwide and is affiliated with the Walk This Way program, a partnership with FedEx Express. View more photos from the event here. |
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Truck drivers share safe driving skills with 3,000 members of port community in observation of international road safety week
Truck drivers, local authorities, and transportation professionals shared their safe driving skills knowledge with more than 3,000 members of the Cai Mep port community in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Vietnam, at the “Get Home Safe” festival. The event was hosted as part of the Lifting Safety program and in commemoration of the 4th UN Global Road Safety Week, which ran worldwide from 8-14 May, 2017. Lifting Safety is a partnership between APM Terminals, AIP Foundation, and the Vietnamese government, which provides drivers and staff of Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT), a subsidiary of APM Terminals, with safe driving skills training, while also working with the people of the surrounding community. The “Get Home Safe” festival focused on promoting two key messages: “A road crash can happen in the blink of an eye” and “Save lives – slow down.” During the event, attendees participated in road safety-themed interactive games and watched informative comedic performances. They also viewed a documentary featuring program activities and listened to speeches made by distinguished guests, including singer Lam Truong, comedy group Xuyen Viet, and music group Fban, who joined community members at the event. Festival attendees and guests signed the international pledge to “#SlowDown to Save Lives” in support of this year’s UN Global Road Safety Week. The global event brought together notable advocates, nonprofits, and governments to address the issue of managing safe vehicle speeds worldwide. View more photos from the event here. Read the full press release here. |
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Cambodian university students call for communities, government officials to #SlowDown to save lives
In tandem with the 4th UN Global Road Safety Week, university students, as part of the Young Ambassadors for Road Safety (YARS) program, raised awareness about the need to #SlowDown to save lives in their communities. With support from AIP Foundation, the student ambassadors drafted a ‘Save Lives. Slow Down’ Joint Statement that calls for action from government bodies and the broader community to commit to implementing effective measures that will reduce speed-related road crash deaths and injuries. Key road safety stakeholders, including 20’s Plenty for Us, the Australian Road Research Board, and road safety nonprofits in Cambodia, have endorsed the Joint Statement. From 8-9 May, selected YARS representatives presented the Joint Statement to national level government bodies including the Secretary General of the National Road Safety Committee, the General Commissariat of National Police, and Passenger Transportation Companies to solicit their support for the cause. From 11-12 May, the ambassadors organized #SlowDown to Save Lives campaigns at three primary schools and three universities in Siem Reap Province: Kruosh Primary School, Por Langka Primary school, Phum Thnol Primary School, Pannasasstra University of Cambodia, Cambodian University of Specialties, and University of South East Asia. Read the full media advisory here. |
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Music video PSA launches in Bangkok urging public to “Tell Auntie PIA” about risky road behaviors
A new PSA launched in Bangkok urging people to “Tell Auntie PIA” (“Fong Pa PIA”) about risky road behaviors they see and dangerous traffic areas in the city. The campaign is part of the new Slow Down…Save Lives program, which is a collaboration between AIP Foundation and the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), with financial assistance from Bloomberg Philanthropies. The PSA was unveiled at a recent seminar hosted by the two organizations focusing on managing vehicle speeds. The team also presented it to Amnuay Nimmano, the deputy governor of Bangkok, and other government stakeholders. At the end of the campaign, AIP Foundation will send all comments and images submitted by the public to relevant public works agencies in order to establish pilot safe speed zones in Bangkok. The World Health Organization, ThaiRoads, Sidekick, Legal Development Program in Thailand, and other community leaders are supporting the initiative. Visit the official campaign website to learn more and get involved. Like the campaign on Facebook here. View photos from the launch event here. |
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Legal Development Program welcomes new members, kicks off third year in Thailand
The Legal Development Program (LDP) welcomed members of its 2017 class and held a kick-off meeting for its third year. The initiative, which is led globally by the World Health Organization and the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety, aims to build the capacities of legal, civil society, and media professionals to strengthen road safety legislation and enforcement. AIP Foundation coordinates LDP activities in Thailand. During the meeting, the team prepared work plans and strategies for the upcoming months. The LDP’s four new members include Pol. Lt. Colonel Panupong Panudulkitti, Thanachart Paliyawate, Nichamon Thongphat and Thanutchaya Youpanead. View more photos from the meeting here. |
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Thailand chairperson attends international road safety week event in Bangladesh
Ms. Ratanawadee H. Winther, Thailand Chairperson of AIP Foundation, joined fellow road safety advocates at the “Slow Down, Save Lives” event held in commemoration of the 4th UN Global Road Safety Week in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Building Resources Across Communities (BRAC) organized the event. There are an estimated 21,316 road crash fatalities annually in the country. And, 32% of reported deaths are pedestrians. |
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Road safety advocates in Thailand add their voices to the international #SlowDown campaign
AIP Foundation's Thailand team and partners, including the World Health Organization and traffic police, added their voices to the global call to #SlowDown during the 4th UN Global Road Safety Week. They shared their commitments via social media and urged their communities to do the same. View the official Facebook post here. |
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Related news: Thailand – Deadliest country for motorcyclists
Source: The Straits Times, 21 May, 2017 Experts said last month that, on average, 5,500 motorcyclists die annually - or 15 deaths a day. The figure continues to climb, making Thailand the world's deadliest country for two-wheelers. The issue returned to the fore this month after two separate motorbike accidents in Phuket killed a pregnant British tourist and seriously injured another British tourist. In a 2015 report, WHO said there were 26.3 motorcycle-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Thailand, the highest in the world. Motorcycles are a common mode of transport for Thais. Last year, they bought 1.74 million motorcycles compared with only 768,788 cars, according to the Thai Automotive Industry Association. In the first quarter of this year, 461,783 motorcycles were sold. AIP Foundation starts them young through the Street Wise program, which teaches schoolchildren the importance of wearing helmets. Thailand's helmet law is not strictly enforced, especially in provinces and among pillion riders. During the United Nations' Global Road Safety Week earlier this month, AIPF joined other advocates in urging schools to include helmet wearing as part of the curriculum. "It is best to teach them about discipline while they are young," Oratai Junsuwanaruk, AIP Foundation’s Thailand Country Manager, said. "Imagine, only 7% of children who ride as passengers wear helmets." |
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500 students in China join AIP Foundation to encourage community to ‘#SlowDown for the Kids’
In observation of the 4th UN Global Road Safety Week, AIP Foundation’s China team hosted the “#SlowDown for the Kids” event with 500 students at HanFeng No. 6 Primary School. During the event, which was affiliated with the Walk Wise program, participants played interactive road safety games. Students from two neighboring schools also attended. Members of the Kaizhou District Education Department and Traffic Police Department attended the event, as well as representatives from Chevron, which supports the program. In the coming weeks, the 79 other Walk Wise schools throughout Kaizhou District will host similar events. View more photos from the event here. |
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