SAFE SCHOOL ZONES PROJECT

BY ALEX AYUB FROM KENYA

Safe School Safe Zones Project aims to provide evidence-based data, through an inclusive and participatory process, to inform decision-makers on areas that need improvement around learning institutions. It also advocates for improvements to be made to make roads safer for students.

It further provides a platform for school communities to engage with local leaders, authorities, and other stakeholders to promote safe road usage by motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians.

The project goal is to contribute to the reduction of children related road traffic incidences and improved school zones in Nairobi by 2022.

ABOUT THE PROJECT LEAD

Alex Ayub is a strong youth voice in Kenya and Africa,  bringing along with him the right mindset, attitude, knowledge and unmatched drive to see a more educated, empowered, enlightened and outgoing youth in Kenya.

Alex started his youth advocacy in 2013 where he established himself as an advocate for Youth Road Safety and has over the years grown to acquire knowledge, space and opportunities both nationally and internationally having participated in a Youth Delegates Training Program in Finland (2016), Youth Road Safety Advocacy Training in South Africa (2018 and 2019), Global Youth Summit, Norway (2019), International Federation of the Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Leadership Forum in Togo (2019) and trained Youth Leaders from Finland, Zimbabwe and Kenya in Finland 2019.

organization behind the action

The Kenya Red Cross Society is a humanitarian relief organization established in Kenya by an Act of Parliament to alleviate human suffering and save lives. It will host the Safe School Zones Project as the implementing organisation, provide access to its volunteers and stakeholder networks.