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Petitioning The Prime Minister of India – Road Safety in Delhi
Change.org is the world's largest petition platform, empowering people everywhere to create the change they want to see. A new petition set up by students at IIT New Dehli petitions the...
Continuing Post-2015 road safety mission at ECOSOC Youth Forum NYC
Building on our multiplatform push for road safety to be recognized and included in the youth priorities of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, our work continues at the United Nations' Economic and...
Brian’s Column: Does your organisation have a birthday?
Our regular columnist Mr Brian Bilal Mwebaze is back focusing on the recent 50 year celebrations of Uganda Red Cross since its birth. The organization has used this big milestone to work on road...
YOURS endorses UNSG Youth Envoy’s Global Call on Youth Post-2015
The objective of the GPY2015 partnership is to ensure that young people are actively participating in setting, implementing, and evaluating the new development agenda due to replace the MDGs in...
Millions still die on roads every year – an Akili Initative viewpoint
The Akili Initiative is an oranization that focuses on public health issues facing young people on a global scale . Akili has become the emerging voice of students in global health and focus on road...
Uganda Red Cross embarks on boda-boda sensitization for road safety
Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) is set to sensitize boda-boda riders countrywide on road safety and First Aid treatment, the vice chairman of the central governing board of URCS, Dr. Dominic Lali...
WHO calls for stronger focus on adolescent health – RTIs recognized
WHO's "Health for the world’s adolescents" report reveals that depression is the predominant cause of illness and disability for both boys and girls aged 10 to 19 years. The top 3 causes of...
WCY2014 Sri Lanka- Biggest killer of youth still to be recognized
From the 5th – 10th May 2014, the biggest youth conference in the world brought together young people from over 170 countries and took place on the foot of the Indian Ocean in the ‘Wonder of Asia’...
RTIRN seeking contributions: NGO’s and RTI
The Road traffic Injuries Research Network (RTIRN) is a partnership of over 1083 individuals and institutions from 113 countries. They are now starting the process of putting together...