The Provincial Road Safety Agency (APSV) together with the Federal Include Health Program of the Ministry of Health, carried out a educational and inclusive activity of Road Safetyat the “Rosalina F. de Peiroten” Day Center in the city of Santa Fe with the participation of more than 25 boys, girls, youth and adults.
Present were the undersecretary of the APSV, Osvaldo Aymo; the director of the APSV, Antonella Cerutti; the Undersecretary of Inclusion, Patricio Huerga; and the Federal Program Coordinator Include Health UGP Santa Fe, Marcelo Gieco.
Aymo I affirm that “the road safety of the world is rotating towards a new concept that is summarized here today: we are going to talk about safe, sustainable and inclusive mobility”.
In this sense, training in traffic education offers tools to rethink modes of circulationstrengthen citizen participation and coexistence, in addition to promoting individual and collective care.
For his part, Cerutti expressed: “It is important to bet on the training of citizens in terms of road safetyregardless of the place they occupy on public roads, whether as a pedestrian, cyclist, companion or driver, that is why today we are working on an inclusive educational day, through informative talks and new technological screens that have games adapted for all ages”.
And he added: “The purpose has to do with generate tools that allow them to travel the street safely and also have good practices in road safety”.
The conference was in charge of the technical staff of the APSV, which was developed within the framework of the inauguration of two new interactive didactic screens that have three recreational activities in terms of road safety. Through play and recreation, we sought to raise awareness and educate in a responsible and supportive way.
He Include Health program It is dedicated to comprehensive health coverage, but it also seeks to guarantee rights and increase the possibilities of generating an independent life. To strengthen these objectives, different activities are promoted that offer tools, in this case, to transit and inhabit public space in a safe and responsible manner.
He Coordinator of the Federal Include Health Program UGP, Marcelo Giecostated: “We carry out this activity in conjunction with the APSV to be able to work with the children playing, so that they learn and learn about good practices on public roads with the aim of promoting independent living.”
And he pointed out: “That’s why We want to promote other types of activities that do not only have to do with healthbut that are just as important for inclusion in this society ”.
From this perspective an inclusive approach is proposed to generate spaces for reflection and games that encourage their participation in the exercise of safer practices for the use and enjoyment of public spaces.
