Walk wIth me
LED BY oliva nalwadda from uganda
The “Walk with me: Healthier and Greener journeys to School” project seeks to promote active mobility among children in Mbale City, Uganda.
Children of a school-going age pay the highest price for mobility on Uganda’s roads. The journey of these students to and from school account for >50% of all child pedestrian deaths. The project will help empower children to become safe road users, national advocates for safer roads, and active mobility champions with a keen focus on walkability. The project will implement a multi-sectoral approach that merges the education, health, and transport sectors to ensure a sustainable and holistic approach to promoting safe walkable journeys to school.
Road safety education efforts will be conducted in three schools through the road safety education curriculum. The project will introduce a walk-with-me ‘buddy system’ to promote walkability by increasing real and perceived safety on the road. Initiatives for mass awareness such as radio talk shows and community dialogues ‘Kimeeza’ will also be conducted.
Photo from Full Time Explorer Blog
ABOUT THE PROJECT LEAD
Oliva is a researcher, public health advocate, and road safety champion with over 8 years in designing and leading local actions geared towards youth empowerment in road safety promotion. She is the founder of Uzima Ari Uganda, an organization currently fast-tracking the realization of SDGs 3, 4, and 13. Oliva also currently serves as a Youth Leadership Board Member of the Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety.
”I am inspired by the desire to create an equal and livable world for all with children, women, and youth at the center of development.”
