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Latest NewsWorld Day of Remembrance 2011November 28, 2011
Every day, more than 3,400 people are killed on the world’s roads and thousands more are injured. The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, which is observed annually on every third Sunday in November, aims to bring attention to the impact of road deaths and injuries. The world loses 1.2 million people every year due to road traffic accidents, the majority of them children. In 2011, the World Day of Remembrance was celebrated on November 20 around the globe. The Safe Kids Worldwide global network held events in the Philippines, Vietnam, China, and New Zealand. PhilippinesOn November 20, activities in Manila began with TV and radio announcements by road safety advocates. A special mass was held for road crash victims at the ABS-CBN TV station, which was broadcasted nationwide and attended by members of the Philippine Global Road Safety Partnership (PGRSP), the Department of Transportation & Communication, Safe Kids Philippines, Shell Philippines and other PGRSP members. An on-the-spot poster-making contest at the Mall of Asia was held with school students in Manila with the theme “Road Safety as a Way of Life.” A World Day of Remembrance run was held also held, where runners pinned road safety slogans to the back of their shirts. The day ended with a performance during sunset by the Philippine National Police Band and Choir and testimonials from relatives of victims of road traffic accidents. VietnamOn November 15, actress Kathy Uyen and singer Thanh Bui visited Truong Van Thanh Primary School in Ho Chi Minh City in honor of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Uyen and Bui distributed information packets about Vietnam’s frightening road situation to school representatives before joining the students in their classrooms. Students participated in interactive and candid group discussions about how to reduce the numbers of road traffic accidents as well as brainstormed and presented their ideas to the Goodwill Ambassadors and an AIP Foundation representative. Students with the best idea to combat road traffic casualties were awarded a prize. School activities were concluded with prayer and the release of 30 birds to symbolize the 30 lives lost to road traffic crashes in Vietnam each day. Discussions with students and meaningful commemoration activities were followed by interviews with local authorities on road safety. The Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIP Foundation) organized the day’s events with the hope that it will increase students’ awareness of road safety issues and will lead to increased preventative action nationwide. ChinaSafe Kids China dedicated the month of November to recognizing the importance of road safety for children. The road safety message was promoted through social media and in five new driver health check centers in Shanghai. The themes were “Slow Down for Kids” and “To Be a Responsible Driver.” Over a hundred new drivers provided signatures in support of “Slow Down for Kids” at the health check centers. On November 20, Safe Kids China, in partnership with FedEx, held an event for World Day of Remembrance at a resident shopping center in Shanghai. The event with the theme “Slow Down for Kids,” called special attention to child pedestrians. Officials from the Shanghai Police administration, Shanghai Disease Prevention and Control Center, as well as members of the community and over 200 children participated. In China, road traffic accidents are a leading killer of children ages 1-14, with 20 children dying from road traffic accident each day. New ZealandSafekids New Zealand, in partnership with Phunket, observed the World Day of Remembrance by holding a minute of silence and organizing their first ‘Celebrity Car Seat Checking Clinic’ in Auckland. Plunket celebrated 30 years of providing child car restraint services to New Zealand families by working with celebrities to help families correctly install child restraints in their cars. Four check-up events were held on November 22-26. November 28, 2011
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