Hyundai Wia’s Green Campaign, creating a forest on the way to school

An interest in School Zone is still hot as ever. Related regulations have been passed and are to be enacted in March. Hyundai Wia has stepped up again for the health and safety of our precious children. Here’s the heartwarming Hyundai Wia Children’s Road Safety Campaign.

A way to school becomes ‘a green way to school’; Hyundai Wia Green Campaign

Sharing the warmth in our hearts by planting trees and carrying pots

What would it be like if what was once a flat cement road to school becomes a green forest road? Hyundai Wia carries out the Green Campaign with Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation and Tree Planet. On 17th December, Hyundai Wia chose and visited Namyang Elementary School in Seongsan-gu, Changwon-si, Gyeongsangnam-do as the ‘1st Hyundai Wia Green School’ and created a forest around the road to school as well as inside the classrooms. It was especially meaningful as Hyundai Wia’s employees and management participated in the campaign work personally.

Creating a forest road that blocks out harmful substances and micro dust.

Hyundai Wia, which manufactures automobile components, created a forest to protect the children from micro dust which is created from fuel exhaust, etc. 1,400 spindle trees and 15 zelkova trees which are effective in reducing micro dust were planted along the 200m Namyang Elementary School fence that leads to school. Namyang Elementary School was especially suffering hard from micro dust as it is located within 1km of the Changwon national industrial complex.

Creating a forest road is the strongest solution to air pollution. A single tree takes in micro dust in the amount of an espresso cup each year. Forest protects our children’s health as it blocks out harmful substances in fuel exhaust and micro dust.

Air purifying plants are placed so that the children can breathe fresh air.

It’s not just the road to school; inside the school has also become green. Hyundai Wia placed 160 plants including stuckyi and bracken in Namyang Elementary School classes and bathrooms which are known for their air purifying effect, hoping that children will breathe fresh air indoors as well.

Also, 90 units of air purifiers were distributed to local children’s centers in Changwon and Gyeonggi-do Euiwang area so that the children in the minority groups can grow up breathing fresh air. Hyundai Wia Green School is just beginning. It will carry out the Green Campaign in the Euiwang area throughout 2020 to be much anticipation. Here’s hoping that all children will get to enjoy the fresh air, which is as pure and clear as their eyes.

Stop when seeing the yellow! Yellow Cover Distribution Campaign

Hyundai Wia is carrying out the Yellow Cover distribution campaign for children’s road safety.

Children’s road safety is just as important as fresh air. School Zone, in other words children protection zone, is an area designated for safe travels of the children. On roads that are within 300m of the protection zone facilities such as kindergartens and elementary schools, cars must abide by under 30km/h speed limit. But we still continue to see accidents within the School Zones.

To prevent such disasters, Hyundai Wia carries out ‘Yellow Cover Distribution Campaign’, twice a year. Until last year the subjects were limited to elementary schools near business sites, but from this year the campaign was expanded for all elementary schools in the country, which will allow more children to receive yellow covers.

A cute yellow bag cover in neon yellow, which catches the attention easily

Neon yellow bag covers are designed so that the drivers can notice children from very far away. The letter ‘30’ is written in a big size to alert the drivers of obeying the children protection zone safety speed, 30㎞/h. You will be able to see the children easily even during nights and heavy rain thanks to these covers.

Hyundai Wia also carried out ‘Pedestrian License Experience Training’ for Samjeongja Elementary School second graders, which taught them how to deal with various dangerous traffic factors they could face on their way to school. After the road safety theory and practice classes, a ‘pedestrian license test’ was carried out in the playground, and the ‘pedestrian license’ was issued to the children afterwards. This particular training was implemented after a model case in France was conducted; how the number of pedestrian deaths is reduced after the ‘pedestrian license’ was issued to students.

RUN with Hyundai Wia Campaign, conveying warm hearts on bicycles

RUN with Hyundai Wia campaign gives out bicycles in areas with poor public transportation.

Hyundai Wia cares about the environment of a way to school, road safety, and children’s transportation means as well. Hyundai Wia delivered 40,380,000 won for the purpose of purchasing bicycles for children who reside in areas that have poor public transportation for going to school. The money delivered was used to purchase bicycles and safety equipment for 170 children who live in areas where it’s difficult for them to easily get to school on foot or via public transportation.

The money was especially meaningful as it represents the ‘accumulated distance’ ran by the Hyundai Wia employees and management who participated in various marathon events throughout the past year. Hopefully more children can get to school in an easier, healthier way.

Hyundai Wia carries out various campaigns that take even children’s environment of their way to school, safety, and transportation means into consideration. We hope for a day we will never hear tragic news regarding children’s road safety as we have more and more of warm, helping hands.