The Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez took part in the Conference “Healthy, Safe, and Sustainable Mobility†in Colombia The Road Safety Week took place in Colombia between October 24 – 28. In this country more than 5,700 children and adolescents died in the decade 2005 — 2015, according to data provided by the Ibero-American Road Safety Observatory.
Second Road Safety Meeting in Maldonado Within the context of the National Road Safety Week, the Second Road Safety Meeting took place on October 21 at Enjoy Conrad Hotel in Punta del Este, Maldonado. The Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez attended the event providing information on Child Restraint Systems and conducting tests of child seats.
Training sessions to National Traffic Police Department enforcers Within the context of the National Road Safety Week, the Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez conducted training sessions on child restraint systems (child seats) for the national traffic police officers at the conference room of the National Traffic Police Department Headquarters on October 18.
Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez Cup at the Golf Club The Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez Cup was held on October 15 and 16 at the Club de Golf del Uruguay as a fund-raising activitiy for the organization.
The Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez took part in the 12th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion The Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion was held in Tampere, Finland, on October 18 – 21, 2016. In this 12th edition the international conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion gathered important researchers, professionals, politicians, and advocates of injury prevention and safety to debate, discuss, and share information and experiences.
Exclusive show of Gonchi the movie to students of Technical Schools On Sunday, September 11, it was the 17th anniversary of Gonzalo “Gonchi†Rodríguez passing, and the Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez paid tribute to the Uruguayan driver by showing the film “Gonchi†to 170 students from the Technical Schools in Flor de Maroñas and Malvín Norte.
Fundación Gonzalo Rodriguez completed a course for the development of road safety initiatives On September 1st, the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety graduated its first generation of Alliance Advocate cohort. and a representant of Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez was one of them.
The best homage to “Gonchi†Rodríguez As a tribute to the Uruguayan driver, the film “Gonchi, la película†will be shown to students from the Technical Schools of Malvín Norte and Flor de Maroñas neighborhoods.
Precautions for all means of transport School NA 329 “José Belloni†in Piedras Blancas was the first school to be part of the road safety workshop “I Travel Safelyâ€. This workshop raising awareness about safe school transport was organized by the Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez with the support of Porto Seguro.
Child Passenger Safety The Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez offered a 3-day training on child restraint systems to enforcement officers from the Municipality of Montevideo.
To keep looking after them The Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez organized its annual fund-raising event last Tuesday, July 26, an unforgettable show by murga Agarrate Catalina at the Sodre Auditorium. After years of organizing “Companies in Motionâ€, a fund-raising dinner, in 2016 there was a shift to a large-scale event, an opportunity for the whole population to collaborate with the foundation and its work promoting child road safety.
An agreement to guarantee children´s road safety The Declaration of Santiago was signed at the closing of FISEVI. Representatives from more than 30 countries expressed their concern about road crashes being the global main cause of death for those aged between 5 – 29; Latin America is one of the continents that suffers this tragedy the most.
