WHY GET INVOLVED? It is the right of all young people to use safe and healthy streets. We believe that no one should live, work and play in unsafe, polluted or violent environments. We believe that the voices of young people and their needs are not being sufficiently recognised by policy makers who are, as we speak, deciding how we will live in rapidly expanding cities.

Every year an estimated 350,000 young lives are tragically cut short due to road traffic injury, or the impact of breathing toxic air, of which vehicle emissions are a major contributor. Millions more suffer lifelong health issues caused by breathing toxic air, and by living sedentary lifestyles because of car dominated streets.

It is time to clean up the air we breathe. It is time prioritise people over cars. It is time leaders took young people, their health and their futures seriously.

With your support we can show leaders that young people, parents, and communities around the world are calling for urgent global action to create safe and healthy streets.

There’s no excuse for inaction! Cities that protect young lives are cities that work for all.

THESE ARE OUR STREETSLET’S CLAIM THE RIGHT TO USE THEM

HOW CAN I SHOW MY SUPPORT? There are some easy ways to show your support for the campaign.

CLAIM YOUR RIGHTS Sign up the campaign at www.mystreet.org so we can count you a part of our growing movement.

LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR WORK Go to www.childhealthiniative.org and learn more about our work to create safe and healthy streets. With your support we can call in on governments to scale up these life-saving interventions.

BUILD SUPPORT IN YOUR COMMUNITY Use the message boards and the #thisismystreet Declaration to sign up friends, fellow students, neighbours and co-workers to the campaign.

SPREAD THE WORD Share your campaign pictures on social media and demand the change you would like to see using #thisismystreet.

STAY TUNED We are building up to our 2019 global week of action and will be in touch with different ways you can take part.