The Child Road Safety in the Americas Congress, taking place on May 7-8, 2015, during UN Global Road Safety Week, addresses the important public health and sustainable development issue of child road safety in the Americas, with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Participants will include leaders from countries throughout the Americas […]
#SaveKidsLives is the official campaign for the upcoming Third UN Road Safety Week. If you need help to get involved, there is help to get in the following: Background information . Find an quick overview of the #SaveKidsLives Campaign HERE . Inspiration for speeches, reports and presentations: WHO has created a guide called 10 strategies for keeping children safe […]
As all of you already know, the global campaign for the Third UN Global Road Safety Week is happening on 4-10 May 2015 under the theme children and road safety: #SaveKidsLives. WHO, one of the facilitators of the event, encourages governments, international agencies, civil society organizations, and private companies—all of us who travel the world’s […]
#SaveKidsLives is the worldwide campaign for the Third United Nations Global Road Safety Week in May 2015. The campaign calls for action to save children’s lives on the roads around the world. The Alliance has a few grants available for Alliance members to collaborate with media to highlight stories or programmes produced by children on road […]
Swatantrata Abhiyan, a member organization of the Alliance in Nepal, conducted a number of activities last December 2014 in support of the #SaveKidsLives campaign. A group of youth volunteers trained by Swatantrata Abhiyan visited six different schools situated mostly on the “boundary less” side of the road that seem to provide unsafe mobility for children, […]
The Forum for Prevention of Road Accidents (FPRA), a member of the Alliance in Odisha, India, has successfully organized the #SaveKidsLives campaign. Volunteers of the organization have visited different schools to motivate children and their teachers to sign the Child Declaration for Road Safety. Before signatures were given and photos taken, children were requested to […]
Safe Kids Foundation, a member of the Alliance based in India, has recently joined the #SaveKidsLives campaign to spread road safety awareness to the community. Both students and children supported and took part in the campaign, with children playing the road safety game “Ring and Win”, developed by the Safe Kids Foundation. The foundation participated […]
The #SaveKidsLives campaign went live in Cameroon, with a road safety play staged at the Presbyterian Church Yard Up station in the city of Bamenda on 21 December 2014. The Cameroon Association for the Defence of victims of Accident (CADVA), a member organization of the Alliance organised the play, and the event was attended by over 2000 […]
The first national launch of the #SavekidsLives happened in India this weekend. Activities took place around India, among high school students in Brilliant College of Education in Punjab, with Save Kids in Mumbai. In association with the Traffic Police in Shivalik Public School, Avoid Accident, a member NGO of the Alliance based in Mohali, India, […]
India is the first country to nationally launch the #SaveKidsLives campaign. This takes place 21 December 2014 where all Indian Alliance members come together for a national launch with activities around the country. Avoid Accident, a member NGO of the Alliance based in Mohali and acting as the national coordinator of the campaign, has made […]
What? #SaveKidsLives is the official campaign for the Third United Nations Global Road Safety Week. The campaign is calling for action to save children’s lives on the roads around the world. For more information: www.savekidslives2015.org. Why? In developing countries in particular, a growing epidemic of road traffic deaths and injuries is hindering the right of children […]
