By Molly Ellison | Communications and Development Coordinator
As the summer holiday draws to a close, AIP Foundation is preparing for another exciting school year of education and awareness programs throughout Vietnam. Read below to learn about some interesting advancements from the past few months, including our upcoming expansion of our Helmets for Kids program to a new province.
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AIP Foundation awarded for its contributions to Vietnamese society - 6 June, 2016
The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations, which oversees the 147 NGOs and INGOs currently working in the city, recently held an Annual Meeting at which they distinguished a select group of NGOs for their work in improving the lives of Vietnamese citizens. AIP Foundation was awarded for its efforts to improve the quality of life for children and families in Ho Chi Minh City by empowering them with the safety knowledge and equipment needed to reduce road crashes, fatalities, and injuries.
Johnson & Johnson's Helmets for Kids program embarks on fifth year - 28-31 May, 2016
Stakeholder orientations and teacher training workshops have been held in Quang Nam, Gia Lai, and Dong Nai provinces as part of the preparations for the Helmets for Kids programs that will take place there throughout the upcoming school year. This represents the start of a fifth consecutive year of partnership between AIP Foundation and Johnson & Johnson in support of the Decade of Action for Road Safety, a collaboration which has resulted in 40,000 helmets donated to schools across the country. In 2016, the program continues in Dong Nai and Quang Nam provinces, while also expanding to Gia Lai Province.
The teacher trainings focused on implementing a new series of School Guidelines developed by AIP Foundation in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. The Guidelines include sample lessons, classroom activities, interactive teaching methods, and best practices for improving road safety skills and encouraging daily helmet use.
In addition to these Guidelines, which give schools themselves ownership of and responsibility for the improvement of helmet use rates among their students, parents in Dong Nai Province will be motivated to purchase subsidized helmets for their children. This effort to encourage lasting behavioral change among project beneficiaries will be analyzed upon project completion and presented to the Ministry of Education and Training for possible nationwide implementation.
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