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iRAP’s Rafaela Machado and Julio Urzua ran SR4S training as part of the GRSP Road Safety Leadership Course in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The SR4S representatives introduced the Star Rating for Schools assessment tool to 65 road safety professionals during the one-day training.

Photo credit: Child Health Initiative 2018 7 November 2018: It was announced in Jamaica that life saving infrastructure will be scaled-up to 17 more schools across the country. The Prime Minister of Jamaica – Andrew Holness and the programme partners...

Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) is an easy to use, objective and evidence based tool for measuring, managing and communicating the risk children are exposed to on school journeys. The Lead Partners are leading the way with the SR4S pilot and good news stories are spreading around the world. Make sure you sign up!

5 November 2018: Zoleka Mandela launches Child Health Initiative Toolkit at World Safety Conference 2018 (Bangkok). Zoleka Mandela, Child Health Initiative Global Ambassador, launched the new global toolkit at the World Safety Conference 2018.

As part of the Walk21 Bogota 2018 programme, the Star Ratings for Schools app was demonstrated at a ‘Walkshop’ on Friday 19 October. iRAP’s Regional Director – The Americas, Julio Urzua was invited to facilitate a ‘Walkshop’ on the SR4S app

17 October 2018: The Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) app has made the news in Florida, USA.
SR4S Lead Partner, Safe Kids of Greater Tampa and St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital are currently testing the SR4S app in the Hillsborough Country of Florida to help achieve safer roads around school communities.
Watch the news clip from ABC Action News…

Safe Roads Safe Kids Project: delivering a safe journey to school An International Road Federation (IRF Geneva) and Motoring Club Morocco (MCM) collaboration. According to data reported by the Moroccan Comité national de prévention des accidents…

The Secretary of Mobility Juan Pablo Bocarejo has today launched the new safe school zone at Rodrigo Lara School in Bogota, built on the back of a Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) assessment and recommendation.
In a project partnership between the Secretariat of Mobility (SoM), World Bank…

The Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety is one of iRAP’s Lead Partners in the pilot phase of development and rollout of the Star Rating for Schools program. In Cambodia, Cameroon, India, Kenya, Malaysia, and Nigeria, Alliance members have been testing...

Belgrade, Serbia: On 17th and 18th July, iRAP’s Global Product Director James Bradford and EASST’s Donations and Project Coordinator Emily Carr partnered with representatives from AMSS, UAB, AMSM and SHAMD…

Using the SR4S app to create a safer journey for school kids (Bogota, Colombia) Children at the Rodrigo Lara School (Ciudad Bolivar) and the local community are now benefiting from new and safer infrastructure. July 6, 2018 – The Secretariat of Mobility (SoM) in...

Successful launch of road safety interventions for vulnerable users – Bogotá, Colombia On Tuesday 19 December, the Secretariat of Mobility in Bogotá, Colombia launched the implementation of iRAP’s countermeasures on 80th Street, as part of the BIGRS work. We announced...

For students of Justin Kabwe Primary School in Lusaka, Zambia, their journey to school has just gotten a whole lot safer, with access roads raised from 1 and 2-star dangerous to 5-star safety excellence.

In 2014, the granddaughter of Nelson Mandela and global road safety campaigner, Zoleka Mandela led the launch of the first Safe Schools project in South Africa. The project introduced safe road infrastructure to project school children, along with road...