TRAFFIC CARE YOUTH INITIATIVE PROJECT
BY NKUMBUYE AMI FROM RWANDA
The project focused on community awareness through road safety teaching sessions. Target audiences were primary and secondary schools around Kigali city and the Southern Province.
The project also advocated for discussions with road safety leaders as a way to show decision-makers that the roads were unsafe for young people. A radio talk show campaign was also done to spread the road safety message in Rwanda. Its goal was to contribute to the decrease in morbidity and mortality related to road crashes, with the target of decreasing the number of traffic deaths and injuries among primary and secondary schools in Kigali City and Southern Province by the end of May 2022.
ABOUT THE PROJECT LEAD
Amie is a medical Doctor at Kabutare District Hospital. He is the founder and president of the Vision Zero Youth Council Rwanda chapter. Besides diagnosing and treating diseases as a medical doctor, he is also currently teaching and advocating for road safety in his country.
His motivation in road safety came from his experience as a third year of medical school; he saw a lot of people die or sustain serious injuries that he saw were avoidable. He is dedicated to raising awareness on road safety.
IMPACT SNAPSHOTS
Secured a commitment from the Ministry of Education to include road safety in primary schools on the agenda of its Senior Management Meeting, with a focus on schools located in 30 km/h speed limit zones.
ABOUT THE LEAD ORGANISATION
Vision Zero Youth Council Rwanda is a local chapter of Vision Zero Youth Council (VZYC) New York. Currently, VZYC has 40 members (22 men and 18 women) trained in road safety and post-crash care. The goal of the organisation is to achieve zero deaths and fatalities related to road crashes by 2050.
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