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Save the Nation held an incredible and transformative workshop orchestrated in collaboration with the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP)

With immense joy and pride, we share the incredible success of a transformative workshop orchestrated in collaboration with the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) by Save the Nation. This remarkable event unfolded in the picturesque Sidama Regional State, where minds united for a profound cause: enhancing road safety legal frameworks across Ethiopia. Distinguished luminaries from …

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7th United Nation Global Road Safety Week

Save the Nation successfully organized a round table discussion on May 17th, 2023, with the Director General of the Traffic Management Agency. During this productive session, Save the Nation expressed its gratitude towards the agency’s unwavering dedication in addressing the commitments made two years ago during the UN Global Road Safety Week. These commitments included …

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Save the Nation Attended Bloomberg Philanthropies Regional Meeting from January 15 to January 20 2023

Mr. Mesganaw Bimrew, who is the Executive Director of Save the Nation, was an active participant as a grantee at the Bloomberg Philanthropies African Regional Meeting. At the conference, Mr. Mesganaw assumed the role of a panelist, alongside esteemed professionals such as Ms. Fetia from Road Safety Insurance Fund and Service Deputy Director, BIGRS experts …

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Save the Nation welcomes two new interns from the University of Hasselt, Belgium.

Save the Nation welcomes two new interns from the University of Hasselt, Belgium. Both are majoring in traffic safety. Through this position, they hope to be able to apply what they’ve learned, identify causes and mechanisms of crash hotspots, and possible countermeasures from epidemiological, economic, behavioral, theoretical, and empirical aspects of road crash patterns in …

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Traffic deaths in the capital decreased by 13 percent in the 2021 fiscal year

Addis Ababa, March 2, 2022; The number of road deaths in the capital has dropped by 13 percent compared to 2020, according to the city’s 2021 road safety annual report. In contrast, the number of people with disabilities increased by 8 percent. According to the report, 36 percent of fatalities occurred between 1 pm and …

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National Awareness-Raising Workshop on Traffic Regulation Review and Legislative Change on key road-user behavior risk factors

Save the Nation carry out consultative meetings with commercial transport associations and consultative meetings with NGOs, civil societies, and road crash victims’ associations. We had a successful workshop with the stakeholders. Twenty-three associations participated in the workshop, and it was an active interaction and a vibrant one. The workshop opened with Mr. Mesganaw’s speech, followed …

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World and African Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

Introduction Despite efforts at the global and African levels, road safety remains a major challenge in Ethiopia and the region. The African Road Safety Day, which coincides with the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims – (WDoR) will offer that an opportunity to honor all road crash s’ victims by bringing forward impactful …

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