Reach the unreached! Delivering care in Africa
Support disease prevention Africa
Summary
Training one public health nurse (phn) to ride and maintain her motorcycle to provide delivery of immunization and disease prevention.
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Thanks to donors like you, a total of $21,000 was raised for this project. Other Projects Run By Riders for Health That You Can Help
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Billions of dollars are spent on healthcare and vaccines. Nevertheless, one quarter of children born every year - 34 million infants – is still unprotected. Help cannot reach these children and their mothers cannot access services – because there is no transportation infrastructure. Training one public health nurse to ride quickly and safely to her allocated communities means that up to 20,000 people, isolated by distance, hostile terrain and poverty, will receive healthcare and support.
Activities
Train one public health nurse at Riders’ International Academy of Vehicle Management in Zimbabwe in safe riding and motorcycle maintenance on a motorcycle donated by Honda.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $21,000
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $21,000 . The original project funding goal was $21,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://www.riders.org)
- Zimbabwe Office of the UN Humanitarian Coordinator (http://www.zimrelief.info/index.php)
- Millennium Development Goals - Zimbabwe profile (http://devdata.worldbank.org/idg/IDGProfile.asp?CCODE=ZWE&CNAME=Zimbabwe&SelectedCountry=ZWE)
- World Health Organisation - Zimbabwe (http://www.who.int/countries/zwe/en/)
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
A fully-mobilized nurse in Africa can help 20,000 people each year to resist diseases such as measles and malaria. Once free from the debilitating effects of such simple diseases, people have the strength to sustain themselves and their families.
Project Message
"Thanks to Riders' training my bike never falters and provides unbroken service to people who need me."
- Jenipher Mutede, PHN from impoverished Manicaland, Zimbabwe
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Andrea Coleman
Chief Executive Officer - Finance
3 New Street
Daventry, Northamptonshire NN11 4BT
United Kingdom
+ 44 (0) 1327 300047
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Project Sponsor
Organization
Riders for Health
3 New Street
Daventry,
Northamptonshire
NN11 4BT
United Kingdom
+ 44 (0) 1327 300047
http://www.riders.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Zimbabwe
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about Zimbabwe, read the Human Development Report on Zimbabwe or the Wikipedia entry for Zimbabwe.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 18, 2004
Latest Update from the Field
Thank you to all our supporters
By Astrid Jenkinson - Fundraising Officer, January 12, 2009 01:52 PM
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