YOURS for free: Road Safety Action Kit for kids

Each year, 400,000 young people aged 15-29 die on the world's roads. This translates to more than 1,000 young lives lost unnecessarily every day, making road crashes the number one killer of young people ahead of HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and malaria.

Added by Irma Belisario

In response to this crisis, many young people have set out to become road safety activists, raising public awareness and urging their governments to take more serious action.

To be sure, the global youth movement for road safety is gaining ground, but there is still a dearth of information and guidance on how to get started.

This is why the Youth and Road Safety (YOURS) Action Kit was published. It has been written by young people for young people. It is scientific yet appealing, and the kit is the first of its kind in the world.

Today, youth around the world, including Filipinos, will have access to the YOURS Action Kit, equipping them with the knowledge they need to take action.

The kit takes everyone on a journey with three main stops. The first part focuses on the global road safety crisis: why young people are at particular risk; how speeding, distracted driving, alcohol and drug use, non-use of helmets and other risk factors contribute to road traffic injuries.

The second part is a guide on how to get on board with a focus on planning and implementing road safety projects.

The last part is a set of briefings on key actions and processes that will can make their projects successful: partnership building, community participation, networking and fundraising.

The Kit is free to download from www.youthforroadsafety.org. YOURS offers training on the content of the Kit for further development of young people around the world.

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