KAI County, China - July 25, 2015

A series of educational summer activities took place in Kai County, Chongqing Province, China as part of AIP Foundation’s Walk Wise project.

Between 9 and 10 July, approximately 700 people came together in Kai County to watch educational videos on road safety. Their focus was on child safety – specifically, how to ensure safe travel to school by bus – as well as lessons learned from previous road incidents in rural Kai County.

During the week of 21-24 July, the elderly were engaged via awareness-raising activities on road safety rules. In Yangxing, Ankang, and Fulbou communities, AIP Foundation worked with the Kai County Youth League Committee to set up four mobile billboards at crosswalks near markets frequented by an older population. Throughout the week, volunteers distributed around 1,000 fans to passers-by and observed the behavior of around 2,000 pedestrians’ behavior. Observations revealed that the outreach positively impacted pedestrian use of zebra crossings.