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500 children die daily on the world’s roads, says UNICEF report

21 February 2025
UNICEFRoad SafetyChild and Youth Health

Over 180,000 children are dying on the world’s roads, according to a new UNICEF report supported by the FIA Foundation.

FIA Foundation addresses 'Challenge 2030' at Morocco Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety

19 February 2025
Road SafetyChild and Youth Health

The FIA Foundation welcomed partners from around the world and launched three reports during a special pre-event to the fourth Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Marrakech, Morocco.

Safer journeys to school in Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal supported by the French Development Agency and FIA Foundation

13 February 2025
AmendSafe Schools Africa

Schools in Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal received life-saving road safety infrastructure upgrades by Amend with funding from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and FIA Foundation.

New partners join the Child Health Initiative

31 January 2025
ASRFCA

The Child Health Initiative has welcomed two new road safety and youth focussed partners, Tunisian NGO Les Ambassadeurs de la Sécurité Routière (ASR) and Romanian NGO Fundația Crucea Albă (FCA) at a special end of year session.

Low-speed pilot around 100 Kyrgyz schools supported through FIA Foundation Advocacy Hub

13 January 2025
EASSTRights of the Child

Speed limits around more than 100 Kyrgyz schools have been reduced to 30km/h in a pilot to improve child road safety following advocacy from Child Health Initiative partner EASST and local partner NGO, Public Association ‘Road Safety’ (PARS).

Tunisia accelerates efforts to enforce new 30km/h school zone speed limit, supported by the FIA Foundation

26 November 2024
30km/hrASR

Tunisian NGO les Ambassadeurs de la Sécurité Routière (ASR) has launched a new initiative to implement and enforce 30km/h speed limits around schools, supported by the FIA Foundation.

Moldova Receives 2024 Vision Zero for Youth International Leadership Award

25 November 2024
Vision Zero for YouthSafe Routes

Moldova has been awarded the Vision Zero for Youth International Leadership Award by the National Center for Safe Routes to School in the USA with support from the FIA Foundation.

Empowering Youth for Liveable Cities programme launches in Vietnam with FIA Foundation support

25 November 2024
AIP FoundationAI&Me

The Empowering Youth for Liveable Cities programme has been launched by the AIP Foundation, in collaboration with the International Road Assessment Program (iRAP), and Youth for Road Safety (YOURS), supported by Fondation Botnar and FIA Foundation.

Washington, DC Mayor, USDOT, and schools unite in support of safe, healthy journeys

17 October 2024
Streets for LifeVision Zero for Youth

Over 4,100 communities across the United States celebrated Walk & Roll to School Day, bringing together students, families, educators, and key leaders to emphasize the importance of safe and healthy journeys.

Moldova Auto Club school zone upgrades focus on speed, supported by the FIA Foundation

18 June 2024
EASSTStar Rating for Schools (SR4S)

The Automobile Club of Moldova (ACM) has implemented road safety upgrades around three schools using iRAP’s Star Ratings for Schools (SR4S) methodology supported by the FIA Foundation through the FIA Road Safety Grant Programme.