Children’s welfare advocates yesterday marked Child Safety Day with calls for increased public awareness on the need to educate and protect young people.
Jing Chuan Child Safety Foundation has linked up with the nation’s 22 city mayors and county commissioners to promote the “Little Yellow Helmet Traffic Safety Education Program,” foundation executive director Lin Yue-chin (林月琴) said.
The program, started in 2014, runs workshops to train volunteers to become “seed teachers” to raise students’ understanding of traffic safety regulations, and to protect themselves in public places, Lin said.
“We have put a lot of work into traffic safety education to reach all levels