Child pedestrian safety is being improved through planning, community engagement, and construction in Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire and Saint-Louis, Senegal as part of NGO Amend’s Safe Schools Africa programme, funded by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the FIA Foundation.
Safe Schools Africa has organised its first regional forum in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, bringing together more than 80 people who are working within major development bank-funded road projects to ensure safe infrastructure for children.
Botswana school zone received vital road safety improvements through collaboration between the automobile club Emergency Assist 991 and road safety NGO Amend, supported by FIA Foundation.
In Maputo, Mozambique, the FIA Foundation and its partners have been advocating for sustainable mobility and safe school journeys resulting in firm commitment for the agenda from city authorities.
Mozambique auto club ATCM has joined forces with road safety NGO Amend on new school zone safety assessments, infrastructure change and child-led advocacy supported by FIA Road Safety Grants and the FIA Foundation.
Urgent action is needed to address the boom in sub-Saharan motorcycles to deliver on safety, sustainability, and climate warns a new report by NGO Amend, the FIA Foundation, and the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM).