"Helmets for Kids” project gifted almost 3,300 quality helmets to primary students in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai in the 2017 – 2018 academic year. Illustrative image. (Photo: AIP Foundation)
Hanoi (VNA) – Almost 3,300 qualified helmets havebeen presented to primary students in the Central Highlands province of Gia Laiin the 2017 – 2018 academic year.
The figure was announced at a conference to review the“Helmets for Kids” project led by the Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIPFoundation) in Pleiku city, Gia Lai, on May 18.
The helmets were gifted to students from nine primaryschools in the districts of Chu Pah, Mang Yang, Kong Chro, Chu Se and Dak Doaand Ayun Pa town.
According to a survey by local authorities, 96 percent ofprimary students in Gia Lai province wore quality helmets and 100 percent had acorrect use of the helmets thanks to the project. The students have alsoreportedly had better sense of compliance with road safety rules. These havecontributed to the reduction of brain injuries and fatality due to trafficaccidents.
The “Helmets for Kids” project is expected to bring 2,000helmets to pupils of 12 other primary schools in Gia Lai in the 2018 – 2019school year.
The AIP Foundation was founded by Greig Craft in 1999to raise awareness about the social, economic, and human impact of the risingnumber of road crash injuries and fatalities in developing countries, beginningwith Vietnam.
Former US President Bill Clinton launched the “Helmetsfor Kids”, the AIP Foundation’s first school-based program, on November 19,2000 in Ho Chi Minh City and the project is now active across Vietnam, Cambodiaand Thailand.
Themotorcycle safety initiative providesschool children and teachers with quality helmets and road safety educationthrough funding support from numerous private sector partners.
According to the National Traffic SafetyCommittee, in 2017, the country witnessed a total of 20,000 accidents, claimingthe lives of nearly 8,300 people and injuring 17,000 others.
Over the last five years, the figure offatalities has shown a gradual downward trend, but still never dropped below 8,000.Vietnam’s traffic fatality rate of 24.5 per 100,000 is Southeast Asia’ssecond-highest, following Thailand, according to the World Health Organisation(WHO). In 2016, the number of deaths even went up by 14 compared to 2015, withmost accidents involved motorbikes.-VNA
Helmets were given away to more than 5,000 primary school students in the provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, and Dong Nai this week under a national traffic safety programme called Helmets for Kids.
The central province of Quang Nam is the 26th locality to take part in the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundations road safety programme of Helmets for Kids, which began in 2000.
A memorandum of understanding on a public-private partnership was signed by the US State Department and AIP Foundation in Hanoi on May 14 to raise funds from US and Vietnamese firms to provide helmets and road safety tips to students in provinces across Vietnam.
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"Helmets for Kids” project gifted almost 3,300 quality helmets to primary students in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai in the 2017 – 2018 academic year. Illustrative image. (Photo: AIP Foundation)
