Africa News

Total expanding initiatives for road safety

27 September 2011

Total is present in 130 countries worldwide, and their efforts for road safety are steadily expanding - not only as member of the GRSP Executive Committee, and not only with their road safety initiatives in the Africa/Middle East, but additionally, now as a partner of the Global Road Safety Initiative Phase 2 (GRSI-2).

In July a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Total and GRSI-2 (signed by Andrew Pearce of GRSP), adding Total to a list of five global corporations that provide support to GRSI-2. GRSI-2 is the second phase of the Global Road Safety Initiative, the world's largest

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Middle East

Road Safety Champion – Sianne Abrahams

7 September 2011

The Global Road Safety Partnership would like to recognize Sianne Abrahams, programme coordinator for GRSP South Africa, for her success as recipient of the prestigious Zezani Mandela Road Safety Scholarship. 

"As the first recipient of the Zenani Mandela Scholarship, I am deeply humbled...the opportunity will be used daily to ensure that no other child, like Zenani, has to die because of a senseless road crash," Sianne explained in her acceptance speech.

The scholarship was established in memory of Nelson Mandela's 13 year-old granddaughter, Zenani Mandela Jr., who died in a car crash on

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Road Safety Champion - Siaka K. Dibba

12 February 2011

Siaka K. Dibba is kicking off 2011 as the Global Road Safety Partnership's "Road Safety Champion" of the month. Siaka recently won the "World's Crossing Campaign" video competition (read 'Crossing the World's Roads' for more information on the competition). The Global Road Safety Partnership caught up with Siaka to ask him about the recent events:

Q. How you feel about winning the World's Crossing Campaign competition?

Siaka: It is such a wonderful feeling to win this award.

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Gambia
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Crossing roads around the world, one film at a time

3 February 2011

The Gambia is a country situated in West Africa, well known for its music and the impact it has made on the world of football. But this year, The Gambia became known for another reason thanks to Siaka K. Dibba. Siaka recently won a competition hosted by Youth for Road Safety, a new non-governmental organisation focused on road safety and led by youth in more than 40 countries around the world.

Launched in January 2010, Youth for Road Safety has successfully tapped into the energetic resources of the world's youth, who are not only the most vulnerable road users - with over 1000 youth dying

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North Africa
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More rewards for speeding than not: Addressing road safety in Kenya

13 January 2011

When the Road Safety in 10 Countries team went to Nairobi this past December, they discovered more than just a bustling metropolitan city. Working closely with the Kenya Red Cross, they carried out a workshop - focusing on helmet wearing and speeding - which revealed some new approaches as well as interesting challenges to road safety.

The key strengths of the Kenya Red Cross - specifically their access to local communities and well-established reputation - were central in bringing together over 40 participants from the Ministries of Health, Transport, Public Health, as well as surgeons,

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South African pupils get on the walking bus to school

18 November 2010

On the walking bus, feet replace tires. Children do not sit, they walk in pairs behind an adult "driver" who leads the route between school and home. The walking bus is used by millions of children around the world each day. It is a method of transport which promotes physical exercise, supports efforts for a cleaner environment, builds stronger community relations and educates children on road safety.

In South Africa, the national GRSP gathered different stake-holders and agencies for a pilot walking bus project in the Western Cape called "Walking Groups." Launched on 5 November 2010, this

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South Africa

GRSP South Africa partner has an unusual message: ‘We don’t want new members’

23 September 2010

At a service station on a national highway in South Africa's Guateng province, five men in wheelchairs wait for the next customer to pull in for a quick fill-up. Wearing bright orange bibs, holding clipboards and approaching motorists with a friendly smile, they appear to be members of a club or a group of some sort, taking a survey or seeking pledges for charity.

But as they engage the travelers in conversation, it's clear they are not asking for contributions, or hoping to find new members. In fact, it's quite the opposite.

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South Africa

Nigeria on the way to global road safety partnership

7 September 2010

Representatives of the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) met with road safety stake holders in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria in August 2010 to discuss the establishment of a national road safety partnership between the public sector, (led by the Nigerian Federal Road Safety Commission), private sector organizations and civil society.

The 2009 WHO Global Status Report on Road safety puts Nigeria among the ten countries in the world with the highest number of reported road traffic deaths, along with China, India, United States, Pakistan, Indonesia, Russia, Brazil, Egypt and Ethiopia.
 
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