#ThislsMyStreet Campaign at Global Week of Action

Every day 3000 children are killed or seriously injured on the world’s roads. It is children & young people who pay the price when cities do not prioritize their right to safe & healthy streets. To coincide with the World Health Assembly in Geneva, FIA Foundation organized a global week of action around the theme #ThisisMyStreet. The campaign states that we all have the right to walk our streets and neighborhoods in safety.

To meet our friends, to travel to our education. To explore our communities. It is time to fight for our rights. This is our future. This is our world. These are our streets. As well as some other Alliance members, in Iran Road Safety Pioneers took part by running petitions, social media campaigns, artwork competitions, workshops and road safety education program for 300 pupils at 3 schools. Also during the week:
Lots of Students, teachers, parents and managers from different sections signed the petition to support children rights.
Different social media tools such as twitter, facebook, telegram, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc. used to raise the public awareness.
Artwork competition for 6-9 and 10-13 year old children about how they imagine a safe street around their school. They had to get help from their parents to have them engaged, winners were announced and received their gifts.
Symposium for road safety was held for managers to stress children safety and possible solutions to improve that.

We were successful to cooperate with other stakeholders for running a high-quality campaign.
Testimonies:
” 103 child deaths in one year only on the rural road is not acceptable at all and we need in-depth analysis to recognize the root causes and take measures to decrease this number continuously”, Director General of Khorasan Razavi RMTO
“Everyday 10 children in this city are being injured. Just think what if the next is yours. Child safety must be among our priorities. We are doing different activities to decrease the number of fatalities but it’s not enough!”, Mashhad Transportation and Traffic Org. CEO
To access a short video of all the activities done during the week please click here