Transaid in Action: Driving out poverty - 13 March 2008

Release date: 13 March 2008

 

TRANSAID IN ACTION: DRIVING OUT POVERTY

 

"The road transport industry often reminds itself and others that without trucks there would be chaos, hunger and economic disaster. Next time you assert this, think of Africa – because that is exactly the situation millions of African people face every day. Without affordable, sustainable transport, medics cannot reach patients, traders cannot sell goods, and children are denied access to education."

 

– Commercial Transport, released 13 March 2008. To read more, please download the pdf version, or you can find a link to the article on Commercial Motor’s website here.

 

Recently featured in Commercial Motor magazine, Transaid projects are being recognized around the world, from helping with reconstruction efforts in post-Tsunami Sri Lanka to developing driver training programmes for women market traders in Ghana, implementing transport management systems in South Africa and improving transport methods to carry out full immunization projects to some of Nigeria’s poorest regions. Please click on the above links to the article published in Commercial Motor to read more about Transaid’s key projects.