National road safety workshop in the offing

Mmoloki Gabatlwaolwe, counted among the first participants in the first World Youth Assembly for Road Safety held in Geneva, Switzerland in 2007, says "curbing road fatalities is a collective effort, which requires youth participation at policy making, campaigns and implementation".

The youth ambassador says the first-ever national youth road safety workshop scheduled for early September will advocate for youth involvement and commitment to community and national road safety projects.

The 2007 World Youth Assembly agreed on the Youth Declaration for Road Safety, which calls for young people's participation in efforts to curb the Worldwide decimation of that section of the population through accidents.

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