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Road safety teaching activity at GS Kivugiza and GS Kimironko 2

2/19/2019

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Nearly 1.25 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day. An additional 20-50 million are injured or disabled. More than half of all road traffic deaths occur among young adults ages 15-44. Road traffic crashes rank as the 9th leading cause of death and account for 2.2% of all deaths globally. Road crashes are the leading cause of death among young people ages 15-29. 

The latest data published in Rwanda showed that death rate related to road crashes is 46.59 per 100,000 of population and ranked Rwanda as Third worldwide

If we keep making progress and strategic plans of three prime elements of the traffic system such as  vehicles, road users (including how to be safe on the road by knowing rules of road),and the road infrastructure, the number of road deaths and injuries will be reduced. That means I and You can prevent road traffic crashes including deaths and morbidity related to them.
 
​From the fact above road traffic injury needs to be considered alongside heart disease, cancer and stroke as a preventable public health problem that responds well to targeted interventions.  After realizing this HPR as the only NGO registered in Rwanda for road safety is at the forefront in Rwanda making effort to saves lives on the roads by leading teaching session and campaign on road safety and first aid in different secondary school and driving schools
Within this week HPR activities were marked by teaching sessions in two different Secondary schools (GS Kimironko and GS Kivugiza ). HPR members were present to conduct the teaching sessions in those Secondary schools. Students enjoyed the session where they learnt about safe behaviors on top of   traffic rules, traffic signs they also got a demonstration on benefits of using helmet and problems of not using it while on motorcycle.
 
At the time of teaching session the representative in both schools appreciate the initiative of HPR. They explain that road traffic crashes are there and have even  happened in their schools. They  thanked HPR to choose their schools among different schools in Kigali, they will enjoy teaching sessions on road safety and first aid. One headmaster said “road safety should be the priority of everyone”.
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MORE PHOTO FROM TEACHING SESSION

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STUDENT DEMONSTRATING USE OF HELMET BY DOING EGG HELMET EXPERIMENT

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Egg helmet experiment 

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THEY ARE LEARNING TRAFFIC SIGNS

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PHOTO GROUP AT THE END OF TEACHING SESSION

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Written by Nkumbuye Ami

3 Comments
Nemeye
3/1/2019 12:27:12

great job HPR. Keep it up

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11/22/2019 01:48:26

Road safety is one of the most important things that they teach you in driving school. Most people do not pay attention to it, and that is their mistake. If you do not take these rules and safety measures, then you are just making it hard for yourself. No one wants to be part of an accident, and we can avoid that if we start learning the rules. This is simple, but not everyone understand its importance to our society.

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