Role of NGO in Awareness Raising Advocacy & Prevention of Child Injuries. By: Mona Khouri Akl

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1 Role of NGO in Awareness Raising Advocacy & Prevention of Child Injuries By: Mona Khouri Akl

2 Mona Khouri Akl Educational Background BS Business Marketing LAU, Blat - Lebanon MA Hospital Management Nuffield Institute Leeds University - UK PhD Level Courses in Injury Prevention Karolinska Institute - Sweden Volunteer Previous Lebanese Red Cross First Aid Team Volunteer Previous Lebanese Red Cross First Aid Trainer Previous St. John Ambulance First Aid Volunteer NGO Work President YASA Lebanon since 2004 Founding Member in Child of Lebanon Board Member in Union for Protecting Childhood in Lebanon Others

3 Safety Promotion & Injury Prevention Since 1994

4 Youth Association for Social Awareness

5 YASA s Background Established in 1994 after the death of Tarek Assi ( 19 years old) in a tragic car crash. Works on Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention in the Middle East region. Aiming at reducing deaths and disabilities due to unintentional injuries. Built, over the past years, a great reputation in safety promotion and injury prevention especially traffic safety.

6 YASA s s mission YASA aims for safety promotion and injury prevention through education, research, lobbying and advocacy. YASA also provides social assistance to injury victims.

7 YASA Lebanon Achievements Due to the continuous lobbying and advocacy efforts of YASA Lebanon, we were able to: Reduce the acceptable blood alcohol level Introduce speed radars Enforcement of seatbelt use Mandatory Mechanical Inspection Mandatory Car Insurance Reduce customs taxation on child car restrains Force the building of some Pedestrian Bridges Draft a new Traffic Legislation for Lebanon after being requested by head of Parliamentary Committee for Public Works and Transport; this draft is currently in the Parliament under study

8 YASA International Achievements YASA has participated in many international safety events around the globe. WHO Safety Conference; 2004 was in Vienna, YASA had 4 abstracts accepted was in South Africa, 8 abstracts were accepted with one oral presentation was in Mexico, we had 2 abstracts as posters.

9 YASA s s International Affiliation & Collaboration Since 2001 YASA started having international affiliations and Collaborations: Memberships to international organizations Prevention Routier International PRI European Federation for Road Victims FEVR Arab Road Safety Organization - AROSO Collaboration with International Organizations: World Health Organization WHO Geneva World Health Organization WHO EMRO

10 Progress YASA slowly moved from the University to all of Lebanon then to the world.

11 From the University to Lebanon to The World منن الجامعة إلى لبنان إلى العالم

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64 Some YASA Activities

65 Traffic Safety Educational Garden Children years Traffic Safety Education in a Fun way (seatbelt + helmet)

66 Traffic Crash Simulation Has done over 700 simulations all around Lebanon in collaboration with the emergency bodies.

67 Basic First Aid Training YASA has provided First Aid Training for more than 1000 persons since 2008

68 Driver Improvement Program YASA has provided DIP and BDIP Training for 1000s

69 School Bus Evacuation

70 YASA & MEDIA

71 YASA & CNN

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74 Work on Children Rights to Safety We work in close collaboration with NGOs who are specialized in Children Right. We do interventions in schools in an aim to reach the biggest number of children. School interventions aim to educate the children on better safety issues and on their rights to safety.

75 FINAL WORD آلمة أخيرة

76 We will always seek our dream سوف نسعى داي ما لتحقيق حلمنا

77 Which is to Save Millions of Injuries Around the Globe وهو إنقاذ الملايين من الا صابات حول العالم