By Linnea Paseiro | Communications and Development Coordinator
Photo contest and exhibition give children agency in their own road safety education - 7 May, 2016
More than 200 students from eight target schools in the industrial zone area of Tinh Gia District of Thanh Hoa Province participated this month in a photo contest to demonstrate their road safety awareness. Students were tasked with identifying and photographing examples of smart or risky road user behavior in their local communities.
At the exhibition, 39 photos were displayed and the two most outstanding from each school were presented on stage by the students themselves. The attendees and judging delegation from Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Complex and the Tinh Gia Bureau of Education and Training were impressed by the confidence and thoughtfulness of the young students in presenting their observations of the current road environments in their hometown and their recommendations for improving them.
The photo displays were transported back to their respective schools after the event to serve as reminders for students and parents of the importance of road safety and their accomplishments in ensuring their local communities keep thriving.
To view photos from the event click here.
Road safety “talk show” puts a real face to the dangers of road crashes - 6 May, 2016
A road safety “talk show” was organized this month at Nghi Son Secondary and High school in the Thanh Hoa Province of northern Vietnam. The event, attended by 530 high school students, was one of the school-based activities included in the Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical project, which aims to decrease the incident of road crashes and injuries in the industrial zone area.
The broader goal of the day’s activities was to raise awareness among high school students and young drivers of the very real risk of road injuries and fatalities by introducing them to an array of speakers. Police were on hand to make presentations about national traffic laws and highlight the most common traffic offenses they see young people committing. Additionally, in order to show the trauma that victims of road crashes have to endure, four crash survivors spoke to the students about what a crushing financial, emotional, and psychological toll serious injury can have on families.
Parents across Vietnam share hundreds of photo messages to show their commitment to road safety - 25 April, 2016
Throughout the months of April and May, AIP Foundation, in partnership with The UPS Foundation and in collaboration with the National Traffic Safety Committee, hosted a nationwide social media campaign, with the goal of using photography to promote social change by giving parents a forum to share their experiences on the road and their support for child helmet use.
The campaign required parents to submit photos showing their children wearing high-quality helmets and a caption about road safety or helmet use. Prizes were awarded every week of the campaign to those photos that delivered the most powerful testaments of parent engagement in their children’s well-being on the roads.
By the end of the campaign, over 400 photos had been submitted and hundreds of families had taken part in the effort.
To see the photos from the campaign, visit the Facebook page here.
For more information on this campaign, read the press release here.
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