By Molly Ellison | Communications & Development Coordinator
Meet Chantheavin, 8, who received a helmet through our Head Safe. Helmet On. program, which protected her from suffering a potential brain injury during a recent road crash. Read below for more on her story, as well as road safety advocacy and education initiatives a group of passionate university students has been championing in Cambodia.
Helmet safety achievements featured in Federation Internationale de l’Automobile’s AUTO magazine
20 June, 2017
The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile’s AUTO magazine showcased AIP Foundation’s Head Safe. Helmet On. program in a feature story in its latest edition. The helmet safety initiative was implemented in Cambodia from 2014-2016. It was supported by U.S. AID-Development Innovation Ventures, FIA Foundation, The UPS Foundation, and other cost-sharing partners. The story in AUTO magazine shares the realities Cambodian families, including Chantheavin's, face on their country’s roads each day, as well as the work being championed by diverse stakeholders to save lives and strengthen legislation.
Read the full story via Issuu here, or via the FIA Foundation website here.
Download the full PDF here.
Cambodian university students call for communities, government officials to #SlowDown to save lives
5 May, 2017 - Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, Cambodia
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.
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