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Role of NGO in Aw areness Role of NGO in Aw areness Raising Advocacy & Prevention Raising Advocacy & Prevention of Child I njuries of Child I njuries By: By: Mona Khouri Akl Mona Khouri Akl Mona Khouri Akl Mona Khouri Akl

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Role of NGO in Aw areness Role of NGO in Aw areness Raising Advocacy & Prevention Raising Advocacy & Prevention

  • f Child I njuries
  • f Child I njuries

By: By: Mona Khouri Akl Mona Khouri Akl

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Mona Khouri Akl 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 W ork

  • President – YASA Lebanon since 2004
  • Founding Member in Child of Lebanon
  • Board Member in Union for Protecting Childhood in Lebanon
  • Others
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Safety Prom otion Safety Prom otion & & I njury Prevention I njury Prevention Since 1 9 9 4 Since 1 9 9 4

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Youth Association for Social Awareness

www.yasa.org

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YASA YASA’ ’s s Background

Background

  • Established in 1994 after the death of Tarek

Established in 1994 after the death of Tarek Assi ( 19 years old) in a tragic car crash. Assi ( 19 years old) in a tragic car crash.

  • Works on Safety Promotion and Injury

Works on Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention in the Middle East region. Prevention in the Middle East region.

  • Aiming at reducing deaths and disabilities

Aiming at reducing deaths and disabilities due to unintentional injuries. due to unintentional injuries.

  • Built,
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the past years, a great Built,

  • ver

the past years, a great reputation in safety promotion and injury reputation in safety promotion and injury prevention especially traffic safety. prevention especially traffic safety.

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YASA YASA’ ’s mission s mission

  • YASA aims for safety promotion

YASA aims for safety promotion and injury prevention through and injury prevention through education, research, lobbying and education, research, lobbying and advocacy. advocacy.

  • YASA

also provides social YASA also provides social assistance to injury victims. assistance to injury victims.

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YASA Lebanon YASA Lebanon

Achievements Achievements

Due to the continuous lobbying and advocacy Due to the continuous lobbying and advocacy efforts of YASA Lebanon, we were able to: efforts of YASA Lebanon, we were able to:

  • Reduce the acceptable blood alcohol level

Reduce the acceptable blood alcohol level

  • Introduce speed radars

Introduce speed radars

  • Enforcement of seatbelt use

Enforcement of seatbelt use

  • Mandatory Mechanical Inspection

Mandatory Mechanical Inspection

  • Mandatory Car Insurance

Mandatory Car Insurance

  • Reduce customs taxation on child car restrains

Reduce customs taxation on child car restrains

  • Force the building of some Pedestrian Bridges

Force the building of some Pedestrian Bridges

  • Draft a new Traffic Legislation for Lebanon after

Draft a new Traffic Legislation for Lebanon after being requested by head

  • f

Parliamentary being requested by head

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Parliamentary Committee for Public Works and Transport; this Committee for Public Works and Transport; this draft is currently in the Parliament under study draft is currently in the Parliament under study

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YASA International YASA International

Achievements Achievements

  • YASA has participated in many

YASA has participated in many international safety events around the international safety events around the globe. globe.

  • WHO Safety Conference;

WHO Safety Conference;

  • 2004 was in Vienna, YASA had 4 abstracts

2004 was in Vienna, YASA had 4 abstracts accepted. accepted.

  • 2006 was in South Africa, 8 abstracts were

2006 was in South Africa, 8 abstracts were accepted with one oral presentation. accepted with one oral presentation.

  • 2008 was in Mexico, we had 2 abstracts as

2008 was in Mexico, we had 2 abstracts as posters. posters.

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YASA YASA’ ’s International s International Affiliation & Collaboration Affiliation & Collaboration

  • Since

2001 YASA started having Since 2001 YASA started having international affiliations and Collaborations: international affiliations and Collaborations:

  • Memberships to international organizations

Memberships to international organizations

  • Prevention

Prevention Routier Routier International International – – PRI PRI

  • European Federation for Road Victims

European Federation for Road Victims – – FEVR FEVR

  • Arab Road Safety Organization

Arab Road Safety Organization -

  • AROSO

AROSO

  • Collaboration with International Organizations:

Collaboration with International Organizations:

  • World Health Organization

World Health Organization – – WHO Geneva WHO Geneva

  • World Health Organization

World Health Organization – – WHO EMRO WHO EMRO

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Progress Progress… …

YASA slowly YASA slowly moved from the moved from the University to all University to all

  • f Lebanon then
  • f Lebanon then

to the world. to the world.

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From the From the University to University to Lebanon to Lebanon to The World The World

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ﺔﻌﻣﺎﺠﻟاﺔﻌﻣﺎﺠﻟا نﺎﻨﺒﻟ ﻰﻟإنﺎﻨﺒﻟ ﻰﻟإ ﻢﻟﺎﻌﻟا ﻰﻟإ ﻢﻟﺎﻌﻟا ﻰﻟإ

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Some Some International International Awards Awards

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Som e YASA Publications & Cam paigns

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YASA YASA Newsletter Newsletter

Arabic Arabic

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YASA YASA Newsletter Newsletter

English English

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YASA YASA Newsletter Newsletter

French French

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Som e YASA BOOKS

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Som e YASA Activities

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Traffic Safety Educational Traffic Safety Educational Garden Garden

  • Children 6

Children 6-

  • 12 years

12 years

  • Traffic Safety Education in a Fun way

Traffic Safety Education in a Fun way (seatbelt + helmet) (seatbelt + helmet)

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Traffic Crash Simulation Traffic Crash Simulation

Has done over 700 simulations all around Lebanon in Has done over 700 simulations all around Lebanon in collaboration with the emergency bodies. collaboration with the emergency bodies.

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Basic First Aid Training Basic First Aid Training

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

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Driver Improvement Program Driver Improvement Program

YASA has provided DIP and BDIP Training for 1000s YASA has provided DIP and BDIP Training for 1000s

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School Bus Evacuation School Bus Evacuation

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YASA YASA & & MEDIA MEDIA

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YASA & CNN YASA & CNN

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Work on Children Rights to Work on Children Rights to Safety Safety

  • We work in close collaboration with

We work in close collaboration with NGOs who are specialized in Children NGOs who are specialized in Children Right. Right.

  • We do interventions in schools in an

We do interventions in schools in an aim to reach the biggest number of aim to reach the biggest number of children. children.

  • School interventions aim to educate

School interventions aim to educate the children on better safety issues the children on better safety issues and on their rights to safety. and on their rights to safety.

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FINAL WORD FINAL WORD ةﺮﻴﺧأ ﺔﻤﻠآ ةﺮﻴﺧأ ﺔﻤﻠآ

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ًﺎﻤﺋاد ﻰﻌﺴﻧ فﻮﺳ ًﺎﻤﺋاد ﻰﻌﺴﻧ فﻮﺳ ﺎﻨﻤﻠﺣ ﻖﻴﻘﺤﺘﻟ ﺎﻨﻤﻠﺣ ﻖﻴﻘﺤﺘﻟ

W e w ill W e w ill alw ays seek alw ays seek

  • ur dream
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Which is to Save Which is to Save Millions of Injuries Millions of Injuries Around the Globe Around the Globe

تﺎﺑﺎﺻﻹا ﻦﻣ ﻦﻴﻳﻼﻤﻟا ذﺎﻘﻧإ ﻮهو تﺎﺑﺎﺻﻹا ﻦﻣ ﻦﻴﻳﻼﻤﻟا ذﺎﻘﻧإ ﻮهو ﻢﻟﺎﻌﻟا لﻮﺣﻢﻟﺎﻌﻟا لﻮﺣ