Expands Train the Trainer Program to benefit thousands of students
SHANGHAI – GM China and Safe Kids Worldwide have announced the expansion of their Train the Trainer Program. Supported by the Shanghai Pudong New Area Women’s and Children’s Health Clinic and the Shanghai Pudong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, this will enable the Safe Kids Safe Ride program to be rolled out in 30 kindergartens in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area, benefiting over 10,000 students through the end of January 2021.
“With the tragic outbreak of COVID-19, our entire society is taking safety more seriously than ever,” said Weiqing Xu from the Shanghai Pudong New Area Women’s and Children’s Health Clinic. “In addition to aggressive epidemic prevention, child safety has always been a focus of ours.”
“Child injury prevention is one of our priorities,” said Chen Yang from the Shanghai Pudong Center for Disease Control and Prevention. “This training will improve the ability of local kindergartens to carry out child injury prevention work and improve the safety of their students.”
To kick off the expanded Train the Trainer Program, GM China and Safe Kids Worldwide donated teaching kits to teacher representatives. Monica Cui, executive director of Safe Kids China, helped educate the representatives and answer their questions on how to use the teaching kits.
The Safe Kids Safe Ride program was launched in 2014 by GM China and Safe Kids Worldwide to reduce vehicle-related child injuries and raise public awareness of child safety through events at kindergartens, public spaces and shopping centers. GM volunteers and Safe Kids staff pass on to children, parents and teachers important safety knowledge through fun and interactive activities.
The program has reached out to about 380,000 children and their parents at more than 4,800 schools in over 50 cities across China. It has received more than 1,300 visits from volunteers from GM China.
According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 700 people die in traffic accidents in China on a daily basis. Moreover, an estimated 30 families or more in China have traffic accidents each day that involve their children.