Safe Roads for a Better Life
Handicap International Vietnam
Table of Content
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
Introduction to Handicap
International
General situation in Dong Nai and
Partnerships
Objectives for 2008 - 2011
Main Activities of Safe Roads for
Better Life in Dong Nai Province
Main Achievements and Challenges
I . Introduction Handicap International
•HI Belgium was set up in
1986.
•In 1997, co-win the Nobel
Prize as member of the
international campaign to ban
landmine.
The mission and the mandate
of HI is to support programs on
prevention of disability and also
on rehabilitation and inclusion
for people with disabilities.
Supply
orthopedic
instruments
and arificial
limbs for
disabilities
(1991-1992).
Rehabilitation
for leprosy
patients (19992005).
Rehabilitation
for Spinal Cord
injured
patients (20032007).
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PHCN
Welcome to life
(2005-2013).
Community
based
rehabilitation
(1992-2002).
Road safety for
Better life
(2004 - now).
Road Safety in Handicap International Vietnam
Phase I: Project “preventing
road accidents and reducing
loss caused by road
accidents in Ho Chi Minh”,
2004-2007
Phase II: “Safe Roads for
Better Life” in Dong Nai,
2008- 2011
II. General Situation in Dong Nai
Road accident in Dong Nai of 2002-2007
(Source: Dong Nai Traffic Safety committee)
Year
2,002
2,003
2,004
2,005
2,006
2,007
Case
912
908
959
722
696
677
Fatality
626
531
582
666
669
659
1,064
700
673
465
352
250
Injury
Population
2,113,973 2,149,030 2,185,694 2,214,380 2,325,485 2,404,112
Moto
417,058
474,514
531,972
611,006
727,808
860,279
Car
21,024
23,657
26,315
29,116
33,139
36,750
III. Objectives of the Project
• Overall objective: Make the socio-economical
progress of the country profitable to the population,
instead of the dangerous
• Specific Objective: Reducing the social – economic
of the damage caused by the traffic road accidents
in Dong Nai
Traffic Safety Committee
in Dong Nai province
According to the setting up decision number
16/QD.CT.UBT of People’s committee of DN
province.
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Representative: Mr. Duong Danh Quy: chief of
provincial Traffic Safety Committee.
RSC chart
Traffic Safety
Committee
Fatherland
Font dept
Youth
union
Public
Health Dept
Justice
Dept
Education &
Training Dept
Transportation
Dept
Traffic
Police
Dept
Handicap International Belgium in VN
Operated according to license AU047/UB-DA,
March 30, 2006
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RSBL team:
• RSBL coordinator: Trinh Viet Ca
• Assistant coordinator: Nguyen Thi Kim Dung
• FA manager: Thai Quoc Hung
Fields of intervention
• Field 1: Capacity building for Traffic Safety
Committee.
• Field 2: Data collection system for road accidents.
• Field 3: Identification and erasing black spots.
• Field 4: Road safety education for pupils and public
awareness for people living along national roads.
• Field 5: First aid system for victims.
• Field 6: Support traffic police to implement the road
traffic laws
• + : Support to PWD in their access to
transportation
• 6/15 fields in the National action program
Field 1: Capacity building for Traffic Safety
Committee
Objective:
Provincial Road safety Committee
members & 11 RSC at districts levels have
appropriate skills to manage action plans
and collaborate with each others
Field 1: Capacity building for Traffic Safety
Committee
Core activities: Training and participation in
national and international meetings
1. Lao – regional meeting in June 2008. number of
attendants: 08 Traffic safety leaders
2. RS
visit and experience exchange for 6
provincial leaders at LTA - Singapore on
August 2008
3. RS visit and experience exchange for Provincial
Team at Binh Thuan Province on Oct 29-30,
2009
Field 2: Data collection system for road accidents.
Field 3: Identification and erasing black spots
Objective:
The traffic police implement the traffic
regulations with more efficiency and with
the support of a computerizing data
collection system
Field 2: Data collection system for road accidents.
Field 3: Identification and erasing black spots
1. Data collection:
• General survey on data collection system basing on
Traffic police and FA volunteer (community): Sept
2009
• Analyze the data collection and give main causes
and countermeasure in long term (support for
black spot, traffic accident investigation)
• Up to date, Objective is reached: TSC has
complete data collection system via internet
• Next step: Merge hospital and police data
collection to increase accuracy
Data collection sheet
Form 45
Field 3: Identification and black spots
solving core activities
Traffic accident investigation and Black spot solving
in Land Transportation Authority Academy –
Singapore
• Time: Dec 2008
• Topic: Traffic accident investigation and black
spot solving
• Attn: 19 members from partners
Field 3: Identification and black spots
solving core activities
3.
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4.
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Technical training at AIT in Thailand
Expected time: Nov 2009
Topic: Road safety engineering
Attn: 8 members from partner (RS engineers)
Advanced Technical training on Traffic Safety in AIT
Expect time: Aug 2010
Topic: Advance Traffic Safety Audit
Attn: 10 members from partner
Field 4: Road safety education for pupils
and public awareness for people living along
national roads.
Objectives:
- Support the implementation of national
curriculum on road safety in order to
provide appropriate education to students
about the Traffic Road Accident through
active learning techniques.
- Awareness rising for people living near the
dangerous zones about the traffic accidents
based on the implementation of communitybased road safety action.
Field 4: Education for pupils: RS park
New design for RSP: rural and urban areas
I am Bi and
this is Bo, we
will guide to
practicing in
RSP
Play and learn in Road Safety Park at
primary school
Play and learn in RSP at primary school
Question
Subject Practicing
Answer sheet
Play and learn in RSP at primary school
Habit Forming
Public awareness for people living along
national roads
1. RS show for 6 communes in
May 2009
Partnership: 20 shows in 4
districts
Estimate total audient: 8,000
2. Movie clip “drink-driving with
speed” for vulnerable road
user on RS month and for
big national holiday (Sept
02, Xmas, Lunar new year,
…)
Field 6: Support traffic police to implement
the road traffic laws
Objective:
“Golden time” in first aids for road
accidents’ victims reduces to
under 60 minutes via first aid
system along national road
Field 6: Support traffic police to implement
the road traffic laws
1. Equip for 15 first aid posts
in Thong Nhat, Dinh Quan
(located at inhabitants who
lives along national road &
at hazardous locations)
2. Training for 35 first aid
volunteers at Thong Nhat
on Aug 2009
3. Setup software for Hospital
for data collection of traffic
accident victim and follow
up
Field 6: Support traffic police to
implement the road traffic laws
1. Handover 02 ambulances
for 02 hospital of Thong
Nhat and Dinh Quan on July
2. Training for 8 doctors &
nurses at 2 hospitals of
Thong Nhat and Dinh Quan
Aug 2009
3. Collect data at Cho Ray
hospital basing on trainees
(Dr. and nurses)
Data collection software in Hospital
Field 6: Support traffic police to implement
the road traffic laws
Alcohol Tester:
•
Equip alcohol tester
for police in districts
in Nov 2009
•
Training for 30 traffic
polices on FA
technique and using
alcohol tester
Support to PWD in their access to
transportation
Transportation for people with disability
•
Organize training in traffic rules – Basing new
traffic law, effected from July 1, 2009 with in 1
day ( Oct 2009) for 300 PWDs in 3 districts
Key Achievements
– Partnership: dynamic, committed, skillful and
experienced
– Data collection system is functioning and is used
by Traffic Safety Committee to define road safety
strategies
– Functioning First Aid system along national road
1A, 20
– Road Safety active teaching method and Road
Safety Park are used by teachers and pupils
– Increasing number of People with Disability can
access to mobility
Challenges
• Data collection: consistency between Ministry of
Health and Ministry of Defense
• Sustainability for First Aid system
• Sustainability for Road Safety Park
• Law enforcement (Alcohol testing)
• Infrastructures strategy
Thank you for your attention and
questions!
More information on the website:
www.handicapvietnam.org
www.handicapinternational.be
Road Safety Coordinator: rscoord@gmail.com