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The Partnership for Reviving Routine Immunisation in Northern Nigeria (PRRINN) – Project Update 2008
Transaid was asked to become involved in the Partnership for Reviving Routine Immunisation in Northern Nigeria (PRRINN). In this project, the cold chain and related transportation is absolutely vital for making vaccines more readily available and improving immunisation coverage in the target areas. Transaid was therefore tasked to undertake an assessment on the supply side to analyse the current transport situation and existing resources in each state, and how they can be best utilised to help achieve the aims of the project.
Transaid Partners with St John Uganda, June 2008
Transaid had extended its reach into East Africa and is helping St John Uganda to increase the capacity of its ambulance service. With very few operating vehicles, St John ambulances provide a vital link for people to access health services in the community. This project follows on from early work with St John in Zambia.
Transaid delivers Maintenance Management Course, Zambia, April 2008
Transaid was recently requested to assist in the delivery of a Maintenance Management Course delivered by the Industrial Training Centre Trust in Lusaka, Zambia. The trainees included delegates from the Zambian Health and Communications Trust, Celtel - the mobile phone network company Celtel with a fleet of over 300 vehicles - and the Kafue Gorge Regional Training Centre which delivers hydro-electric and water turbine maintenance courses.
Female Market Trader Project, Accra, Ghana, March 2008
Female market traders face exceptionally daunting difficulties every day of their lives. Reliance on unsuitable and unreliable transport is expensive, time-consuming and unsafe, with the risk of theft or assault posing a likely threat. Transaid is working with the private sector to assist market women to own, manage and control their own fleet of transport to relieve the women traders of the burden and hardship associated with their trading.
GRSP and Transaid Joint Training for Namibian Road Engineers, March 2008
Transaid, in partnership with the Global Road Safety Partnership in Namibia have conducted a one day training session for 13 Road Engineers from both Namibia’s government and the private sector. The training which took place at the Construction Industry Federation headquarters in Windhoek had two aims; firstly to promote awareness of the importance of non infrastructure related concepts in the achievement of safer roads, and secondly to highlight and analyse some specific engineering problems in the City of Windhoek as a base for discussing the role of engineering in road safety.
Transaid working together with Concern, February 2008
Concern Worldwide started its operation in Zambia in September 2003. Currently Concern has two long term programmes i.e. Livelihood and HIV/Aids being implemented in partnership with local government and civil society organisations. In September 2007 Transaid conducted an Operational Assessment of Concern Zambia’s transport management. Following the submission of the assessment report Concern commissioned Transaid to deliver a course in the Basics of Transport Management for their four Transport Officers and a Driver Training Course for their five drivers in February 2008.
