Chennai: World’s largest express transportation firm, FedEx Express, has announced its support to the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety. With this development, both entities will bring the first Alliance Advocates training program to the country
Global Alliance of NGOs represents more than 220 NGOs across the world. Their Indian training programme is set to happen at New Delhi.
During this training, 21 grassroots NGO leaders from eight countries around Asia, including representatives from seven States of India, will undertake an innovative safe school zone project, that has the potential to save children’s lives, a release from FedEx read.
Alliance Advocates will use a data-driven approach to identify simple, low-cost changes to roads around a school in New Delhi. The entity claims that, if implemented, the changes will bring the roads in line with the minimum standard recommended by the international road safety community.
MD – Sales, FedEx Express (India), Matthew Davies, said, ‘With over 85,000 motorized vehicles operated by FedEx Express across the globe, we are clear in our commitment to raise awareness about road safety beyond our team members to the communities where we live and work, and we are proud to support the initiatives of the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety.’