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To promote road safety in the UAE, the UPS Foundation has announced an initial grant and in-kind commitment of more than US$40,000 to the Emirates Foundation, an independent philanthropic organisation set up by the Abu Dhabi government to facilitate public-private funded initiatives to improve the welfare of youths across the UAE.
UPS and Emirates Foundation volunteers will educate new drivers on safe driving techniques through its UPS Road Code safe driving programme. The UAE is the seventh country worldwide to benefit from the programme.
The UAE Ministry of Interior recently announced it has successfully reduced the number of road incidents by 37% since 2008. UPS drivers are known to be among the safest drivers in the world, more than 8,000 UPS drivers have a 25-year accident-free driving record. UPS and Emirates Foundation volunteers, trained by UPS experts, will teach participants the same methods used by those drivers.
“UPS is proud to collaborate with the Emirates Foundation to bring the UPS Road Code Programme to the UAE. Improving road safety should be a priority for all of us and this partnership allows us to reach our target demographic, including beginner drivers,” said Jean-Francois Condamine, President of the Indian Subcontinent, Middle East, and Africa, ISMEA, region for UPS. “As a transportation and logistics company, the safety of our employees and the community we live and work in are of the utmost importance to UPS,” he added.
During this first session, students from Zayed University in Abu Dhabi will learn various safety techniques on driving simulators. The participants will follow the programme either just before or after they start driving. The goal is to train approximately 400 future or new drivers by the end of 2017.