The Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation has taken its Helmets for Kids programme to the northern mountainous province of Thai Nguyen, to make the road to school safer for local children.
The Asia
Injury Prevention Foundation and the Thai Nguyen Traffic Safety Committee
organise the inauguration of the Helmets for Kids programme at Hoa Thuong 1
Primary School (Photo Courtesy of AIP Foundation)
The AIP, a non-governmental organisation, coordinated with the Thai Nguyen
Traffic Safety Committee to organise its inauguration at the province’s Hoa
Thuong 1 Primary School on September 24.
With sponsorship from Johnson & Johnson, Helmets for Kids will continue in
Gia Lai in the Central Highland, Yen Bai in the north and Quang Nam in the
central region. A total of 5,075 helmets will be donated to 31 schools in the
four provinces.
By expanding the programme to Thai Nguyen province this year, along with
various teacher training workshops, the programme expresses its concern not
only about helmet quality but also Vietnam’s next generation, said
Trinh Thu Ha, deputy chief of the Office of the National Traffic Safety
Committee.
Traffic accidents are a global issue of public concern, she said, adding that
around 1.3 million people were killed and 50 million others were injured by
traffic accidents.
According to the official, in Vietnam,
traffic accidents have dropped in terms of numbers of deaths, injured and cases
in recent years. However, traffic accidents have continued seeing complicated
developments as many people are still killed and wounded.
Tan Hoang Long,chief of the Office ofthe Thai NguyenTraffic
Safety Committee,said the local economy has been improving rapidly,
leading to an increase in motor vehicles on the road. The consequence of more
two-wheelers and cars in the area is something to be concerned about.
"We hope that "Helmets for Kids" will expand to more schools in Thai
Nguyen province during the upcoming year,” he said.
Hoang Na Huong, Deputy CEO of AIP Foundationsaid: "Danger can appear
anywhere, at any time, and child fatality rates in road crashes keep
increasing. We hope to expand this meaningful project to create a safer road to
school for children.”
Threeorientation and teacher training workshops were held from May 18 to
June 6 to provide teachers and parents with road safety instructions and
correct helmet use.
Meanwhile, Nguyen Quang Trung, External Affairs Director of Johnson &
Johnson Vietnam, said the project is one of the company’s contributions to the
community. Johnson & Johnson expects to carry out more similar projects to
ensure safety for Vietnamese children.
Source: VNA
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