The #CommitToAct campaign pushes government leaders to COMMIT to put people first in road safety and ACT to save lives on the road. NGOs around the world are taking up the challenge to get their authorities to make specific commitments based on SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, timebound) principles. Safe Kids Worldwide Philippines (SKWP) has […]
Chinara Kasmambetova, Road Safety NGO, Kyrgyzstan, was one of the Alliance members who attended the Every Journey, Every Child conference in London. She wrote an article about the conference which is translated into English below. The original version in Russian can be found on their website: http://www.db.kg/news/1810-2017-10-17-06-23-28.html. “128 children were killed, 1754 were injured by road […]
The Every Journey, Every Child conference took place 4 –5 October 2017 in London, UK. The conference featured Zoleka Mandela, Global Ambassador for the Child Health Initiative, and Jean Todt, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety. Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, and Mohammed Sowah, Mayor of Accra, Ghana, discussed the health and mobility […]
Alliance member Asociatia Siguranta Auto, Romania have made it their mission to educate the Romanian public to consider safety when buying a car. Founder, Virgil Mihailovici, is passionate about car safety and the role of cars in protecting road users. As a former journalist who worked for motoring publications, he spent many years reporting on […]
The third FISEVI will be held 12–13 June 2018 in Buenos Aires, and will be hosted by the Argentinian Ministry of Transport through its National Road Safety Agency. Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez, with the Global Child Health Initiative, FIA Foundation, and UNICEF is organizing FISEVI 2018 with the theme of ensuring a safe journey from/to school to all children […]
Each year the Center for Disease Control (CDC)’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control organizes Child Passenger Safety Week to raise awareness of the importance of child restraints in cars. This year, they are organizing a social media thunderclap on 18 September 2017 at 12.00 EST (16.00 UTC). You can join the thunderclap on Facebook, Twitter, […]
A recent survey of 1000 drivers in the Philippines found that: 18.5% of drivers are aware or have heard of child restraints prior to the survey. 9.3% curently use child restraints, and 19% replied yes to the question, “Have you ever used child restraints/child car seats? 6.2% among the 1,569 child passengers of respondents use child […]
“As a researcher with FGR, I get to contribute to society doing what I enjoy most.” As the Research Department Coordinator for the Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez (FGR), Florencia Lambrosquini’s work is focused on building the evidence base on child road safety in Uruguay and other countries in the Latin American region. They share the findings […]
“The most important thing that makes me stay and work hard in road safety for more than six years is that I know I can change something in road safety, and everyday I feel I have already done a little. It’s a great feeling!” Every year in the small country of Georgia, around 8000 road […]
“It is very fulfilling working everyday to prevent unnecessary loss of young lives, lives cut short before they even start.” Simon Kalolo has met many parents whose children were injured or killed in road crashes, and their stories drive him forward. Preventable crashes—caused by poor driving, inadequate infrastructure, and lack of knowledge among children about […]
“The best part of Arrive Alive is to hear the general public sharing stories on road safety with family, friends and coworkers!” Niall Casimire works offshore on a ‘3-week on/3week off’ schedule. He uses his time off to advance road safety with Arrive Alive, an NGO dedicated to saving lives and preserving lifestyles. As a […]
“The most meaningful thing for me working with SNA is that children are able to walk on the road safely and become smart and cautious pedestrians.” After the sudden loss of his father, who was hit by a bus in 2012, Mesganaw Bimrew founded Save the Nation Association (SNA) with a mission to make school […]
“It’s not how strong or big your organization is, it’s about building relationships.” As a trained social worker, Amalia C. Rolloque believes in the inherent worth and dignity of each person and the right to lead a healthy, safe and productive life. She brings this core belief to her work with Safe Kids Worldwide Philippines […]
Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety Equips Road Safety Advocates to Save Lives Graduates to Lead Development of Road Safety Initiatives by NGOs in 15 Countries MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 14, 2017 —Today, the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety (the Alliance) launched its second Alliance Advocate Training Program at FedEx Express World Headquarters […]
“I love what I do, and I back up what I think with action on road safety matters.” Daniel Mwamba was shocked by the situation he observed on the roads in his country. They were poorly constructed and maintained, drivers were speeding and not following traffic rules, and pedestrians faced perilous conditions as they navigated […]
Fondation Botnar and the Global Road Safety Partnership have announced the launch of the Botnar Child Road Safety Challenge. The Challenge is designed to fund projects that address locally relevant road safety problems with practical, innovative and evidence-based interventions. The Botnar Child Road Safety Challenge is seeking proposals from consortiums representing partners from government, civil society and […]
Around 90% of children at Bophirimi Primary School, Gaborone, Botswana, walk to school along a busy road, many of them on their own. Tumiso Selaledi of the Society of Road Safety Ambassadors (SORSA) is one of the 2018 Africa cohort of Alliance Advocates. She chose Bophirimi School for her safe school zone project. Assessing the […]
As part of our follow-up communications for UNGRSW, we interviewed Rod King, founder of the UK-based NGO 20’s Plenty for Us. Rod was a key figure in the UNGRSW #SlowDown campaign. He was instrumental in helping to identify the target of 30 kilometers per hour for roads with possible conflicts between cars and unprotected users, […]
Alliance member Usalama Watch Initiative is on the brink of a major breakthrough in Kenya. Because of their advocacy, a national bill to ensure children a safer journey to and from school has passed its final reading in Parliament. It now needs only to be presented formally by the Attorney General for Presidential Ascension before coming […]
The Alliance is excited to welcome four new member organizations that joined recently: Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB) works to prevent injury through research and innovation. CIPRB saves lives by delivering programs throughout Bangladesh designed to combat injury-based fatalities. Projects include a pilot demonstration project on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway, known as the deadliest road in […]
