Tens of thousands of students are equipped with traffic knowledge through the project "Going to School Safely"

Recently, for the first time, Prudential Vietnam Life Insurance Company Limited ("Prudential") coordinated with the National Traffic Safety Committee, the Ministry of Education and Training and local partners to organize the "Inter-provincial Traffic Safety Festival" at the Pleiku City Children's House, Gia Lai Province, to summarize 5 years of implementing the "Safe Schooling" project. The program attracted the participation of more than 500 students, parents, teachers and leaders of all levels and departments of Gia Lai, Quang Ngai and Yen Bai provinces.

Students take pictures with Gumball ambassador at the event

Coming to the festival, students participated in a series of exciting fun activities, and at the same time, competed in traffic safety knowledge to find the Super Safe Kids. This is the first time the festival has been organized on an inter-provincial scale. Three excellent teams from Nguyen Trai Primary School, Tinh Binh Primary School and Viet Thanh Primary & Secondary School surpassed thousands of students to represent three provinces to compete at the festival. Through the event, students confidently applied traffic safety knowledge and skills after many months of the "Safe Going to School" project being implemented in schools.

Students take pictures with Gumball ambassador at the event

The final round consisted of 3 parts: Warm-up, Overcoming obstacles and Finishing. Through the challenges, the students not only practiced and developed knowledge and skills related to the topic of traffic safety that had been equipped through the project, but also practiced teamwork skills, handling situations and had the opportunity to exchange and learn from other schools. Notably, 3 small projects spreading the message of traffic safety to the community were implemented by the students themselves with initiatives that created sustainable and long-term impacts. After 3 exciting and interesting parts, the team of students from Viet Thanh Primary & Secondary School - Yen Bai Province won and was honored as the Super Safety Kids for the 2024-2025 school year.

The judges and guests awarded prizes to the three teams.

In addition to the competition, teachers, parents and students present at the event participated in a series of physical and intellectual games related to the topic of traffic safety called "Super Kids in Action" with the support of nearly 40 Prudential Vietnam volunteers. In particular, students and teachers were transformed into the animated world of the character Gumball through virtual reality (VR) technology to find their way to school safely. The event provided a useful and interesting playground, helping students equip themselves with knowledge and skills to protect their own safety when participating in road traffic.

Students participate in games at the event

Speaking at the Festival, Mr. Le Kim Thanh - Vice Chairman in charge - National Traffic Safety Committee shared: "The "Safe to School " project is a practical project and conveys a meaningful message. The project also shows special concern for the future generations of the country; not only creating a safe and civilized way for students to go to school, but also educating and equipping them with knowledge about traffic safety".

Mr. Le Kim Thanh - Vice Chairman - National Traffic Safety Committee spoke at the event

The Inter-Provincial Traffic Safety Festival is a meaningful event to summarize the 5-year journey of the Safe School Project, contributing to the success of the journey to protect children on the way to school. After 5 years of implementation, the project has reached 15,000 students, 580 teachers and thousands of parents at 23 primary schools in 6 provinces and cities. The positive results of the project have been recorded with the average helmet wearing rate of students in the project schools increasing from 42% to 78%, and the level of understanding of road traffic among students also increasing from 50% to 75% ^(*) . 13 school gate areas have been renovated and the safety level has been raised from 1 star (Danger level) to 3-4 stars (Safety level) based on the International Road Performance Assessment (IRAP).

The "Safe School" project was organized by Prudential in collaboration with the National Traffic Safety Committee, the Ministry of Education and Training and the Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIP). After 5 years of implementation, the project has achieved positive results when recording the average helmet wearing rate of students in project schools increased from 42% to 78% and their level of understanding of road traffic also increased from 50% to 75%, through reaching 15,000 students, 580 teachers and thousands of parents at 23 primary schools in 6 provinces.

Source: Prudential Vietnam

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