friends for life - presentation on road safety to schools
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This is a presentation that invited schools to join hands in the awareness campaign against road traffic accidents. Friends For Life is a road safety NGO that we began in 2003 in Bangalore.TRANSCRIPT
Building safer, responsible communities
Through effective road safety messages
Friends For Life presentation for schools and its work
Bangalore
2004
The presentation covers
• The challenges• Friends For Life• The work• Projects• Back to School Project• How can we collaborate• Contact
Ground reality
Ground reality
Ground reality
LICs’ scenario• Poor road conditions – lighting, potholes, unmarked speed
breakers, Man made obstacles – multi-type vehicles, cattle/dogs.
• Encroachment of roads – hawkers, infrastructure deficiencies.
• Low support from govt./police bodies – focus on policies, not on enforcement/awareness.
About Friends For Life
• Mission: To build safer, responsible communities• Core area: Unintentional road traffic injury prevention• Focus on: Communications and Education
Self-preservation is the first responsibility
Margaret Anderson (1886–1973), U.S. literary editor and autobiographer
The campaign
• Online, public interest• Leverages the power of the Net
http://civic.websitewelcome.com/~fflonlin/anishhome.htm • It is about responsibility• About one’s own safety• About being concerned about the safety of your friends,
family members,colleagues and community.
Why ?
• Increase in road accidents• Lack of road sense• Enforcing a rule is not a solution• Myths surrounding road safety measures• Morbid messages – lots of resistance• Learning from experience
Common excuses
• Its bulky nature• Very uncomfortable to carry around• Loss of hair, skin itching • Headache• Burning sensation in the eyes • Distraction of vision • Suffocating during summer
Barriers to overcome while conducting campaign..
Whom is it for ?
• All two wheeler riders• Youth/school/college students• Influencers – partner organizations, parents, friends.
Get the message in early
What does it hope to achieve ?
• Create awareness• Increase interaction• Initiate change• Increase helmet wearing• Make people responsible• Develop better standards of communications• Bring local administration, policy bodies, police together
How is this campaign working ?
• Online: Communi –Kit – downloadable communication material
• Posters, stickers, logos, wallpapers, SMS text, survey documents, e-mailers and instructions
• Communications/Human Resources managers can run independent campaigns on their corporate Intranets
• Offline: Road shows, traffic signs, media coverage
Road safety college tour at Jyoti Nivas
Proposed Projects • Poster/sticker campaign • Radio campaign – ready to launch• Helmet traffic signboards – next phase• SMS campaign - WIP• Back to School – posters, leaflets etc. WIP• Contest among IT firms• Presentations/Road Safety Weeks at organizations • Campaign on milk packets ( Milk = Health, Helmet = Safety )• Toastmasters• Ad club• Bike clubs• Road Safety Training packages for corporate houses• HR forums• Sponsorships• Road Safety film
Poster/sticker campaign
Support in distribution and printing
Back to School Project
Plan:• Posters for educating school children and parents/teachers• Reflective stickers for school bags• Introduction of session for children on road safety – once a
week/month• Games/puzzles/contest for children on road safety – using simple
analogy – fruits/colors etc• Target: schools in Bangalore by e-mail ( directory and School Net)• Tie-up with School Net – web banners
Helmet traffic signboards
• 40 signboards across the city
Recognition
Paper accepted at: Invite from the World Health Organization
Other subjects – unintentional road traffic injury prevention
• Lane discipline• Road sense/consideration towards fellow road users• Against mobile usage while driving• Road safety and children• Things to do in the event of an accident• Targeting influencers – spouses/colleagues/parents
Schools :How you can help
• By involving your students/staff ( pro-actively spreading the message )
• Talking to other professionals in your field• Sponsoring the campaign • Introducing this subject as part of the curriculum• Inviting police officers/medical experts to speak to
students• Getting victims to talk to students
How can you contribute/collaborate ?
• Road Safety champions• School/college tours• Talks at corporate houses• Sponsorships• Web marketing
• Taking messages to forums – via e-mails/e-groups• Tie-ups with schools/colleges/Times in Education• Target: 4 corporate house per month• To actively seek sponsors –
programs/radio/TV/collaterals• To make it a Knowledge Resource/Exchange
Forum
Join us to make road safety a priority
Keep in touch
Friends For Life
Contacts: [email protected] http://civic.websitewelcome.com/~fflonlin/anishhome.htm