The whole range of Transaid’s work is represented in Southern Africa. Our biggest basic services project was successfully implemented with the Department of Health over a 7 year period across all regions of South Africa. The bicycle ambulance project in Malawi & Zambia demonstrates perfectly what we mean by local, low-cost transport solutions. And we are helping to tackle the cross-cutting issue of HIV & AIDS by funding the activities of a VSO volunteer HIV & AIDS Officer in Malawi.
We have also begun to put in place a qualifications framework to build the skills of commercial drivers in Malawi & Zambia. We’ve enjoyed some superb technical assistance in this from driver trainers from Christian Salvesen and Exel/DHL Logistics. I am passionate about growing this initiative into a regional, Southern Africa programme because efficient transport operations have the potential to make a huge impact on livelihoods and trade, but commercial driving standards need to improve by a long way in order for this potential to be realised.
You can read more about current and past projects below, and please feel free to contact me with any questions.
