At the event (Photo: VNA) Thai Nguyen (VNA) – The Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIP) and the Traffic Safety Committee of the northern Thai Nguyen province held a ceremony on November 25 to launch a “Helmet for Children” project for the 2020-2021 academic year.
Carried out by the AIP and the Johnson & Johnson Foundation, the project aims to present helmets to children in Thai Nguyen and raise awareness of laws on traffic safety and order among students, teachers and parents.
Thai Nguyen has over 120,000 pupils at primary level. During the 2018-2019 school year, about 4,000 helmets were handed over to students at eight primary schools, contributing to raising the rate of helmet-wearing primary students to over 90 percent from 15-20 percent.
During the 2020-2021 academic year, the project will grant more than 1,100 helmets to students at Giang Tien, Yen Do 1 and Yen Ninh primary schools in Phu Luong district.
On the occasion, students were also instructed how to wear helmets properly and joined extracurricular activities related to traffic safety theme./.
Carried out by the AIP and the Johnson & Johnson Foundation, the project aims to present helmets to children in Thai Nguyen and raise awareness of laws on traffic safety and order among students, teachers and parents.
Thai Nguyen has over 120,000 pupils at primary level. During the 2018-2019 school year, about 4,000 helmets were handed over to students at eight primary schools, contributing to raising the rate of helmet-wearing primary students to over 90 percent from 15-20 percent.
During the 2020-2021 academic year, the project will grant more than 1,100 helmets to students at Giang Tien, Yen Do 1 and Yen Ninh primary schools in Phu Luong district.
On the occasion, students were also instructed how to wear helmets properly and joined extracurricular activities related to traffic safety theme./.
VNA
