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主題: Riders News - Putting transport at the heart of development - February 2010
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日期: 2010年2月3日,星期三,下午11:47 Putting transport at the heart of development
Over the past month there have been two stories in the news that have put transport in the developing world back into the spotlight. At the recent World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed to spending $10 billion over the next 10 years to help research, develop and deliver vaccines for the world’s poorest countries. The Foundation has said that by significantly scaling up the delivery of life-saving vaccines in developing countries to 90 percent coverage, the deaths of some 7.6 million children under five from 2010-2019 could be prevented.
If isolated communities are to benefit from this new investment it is vital that health care workers have the reliable transport to reach every family. By training local technicians and by establishing networks of workshops Riders is maintaining vehicles so they work reliably. This means people can be confident that health care workers will reach them, and it means governments and organisations can achieve their health goals. Riders is already working with The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business to produce a study showing the impact that reliable transport has on the delivery of health care in rural Africa. In an earlier study into Riders’ work in the Gambia in 2005 it was shown that by running vehicles correctly, Riders helped increase the proportion of fully immunised infants from 62% to 73%. Riders’ new Transport Asset Management programme in the Gambia, which was launched in February 2009, means the country now has the potential to reach every community. Unfortunately, in recent weeks a much sadder story has also reminded us of the importance of transport in the developing world. The disaster in Haiti has shown us that people living in countries that lack reliable infrastructure are the most vulnerable and suffer most when struck by an environmental disaster. The work that Riders for Health carries out in countries across Africa focuses on sustainable health care delivery, rather than the emergency response that has been required in Haiti. However, the work in the Caribbean will soon shift from an initial relief effort to sustained rebuilding. Like people in all countries, those in Haiti will need regular health care if their country is to develop. Time and again Riders has seen that vehicles in the developing world break down because there is no system of maintaining them correctly. This does not have to be the case. Organisations and governments must strengthen infrastructure in resource-poor and vulnerable areas so that if a disaster arises, be it physical, social or political, then there is a better chance of managing the crisis and recovery is more rapid and more successful. It is only by doing this that the people living in developing countries will receive the regular, basic health care that we all need.
Riders to feature in BBC documentary
This February Riders for Health will feature in a new documentary presented by the financial expert, Alvin Hall. The film will look at our new programme in Zambia, where we are establishing a system of transporting blood samples by motorcycle from clinics to the laboratory. It will mean that people can be tested for diseases like HIV and TB quickly and reliably, so that they will receive the treatment they need as soon as possible. The documentary will be shown on the BBC World News channel. It premieres at 0230 and 0830 GMT on Saturday 13th February, and is shown throughout the following week. You can check your local listings on the BBC World News website. Those living in the UK will not be able to see the show on TV as BBC World News is not available in the UK or in most of the USA. However, the programme will be available on www.riders.org, from Saturday 13th February, and we will send out a Riders News Extra when the link is published.  One of the most important elements of the work that Riders does is to convince people that reliable transport can make a huge difference to the delivery of health care in rural communities in Africa. We also want to show that reliable transport is possible. So often people think that because the landscape and environment in rural Africa is so harsh that vehicles will always break down and transport cannot be relied on. This is not true. If vehicles are serviced properly, they should never break down, no matter how harsh the conditions. And health workers should always be able to reach even the most isolated communities. That is why programmes like this are so important. The documentary is the first in a new series, called ‘Alvin’s Guide to Good Business’, which investigates the role that social enterprise organisations like Riders for Health are playing in sustainable development. You can see a trailer for the new series by clicking here. Social enterprise organisations develop real-world solutions that can transform unequal and unjust social, environmental and economic systems.
The series has been made with the help of the California based Skoll Foundation. The Foundation currently supports over 60 organisations represented by remarkable social entrepreneurs working individually and together across regions, countries and continents to deliver solutions to the world’s most challenging economic and social problems. Riders for Health is a 2005 recipient of the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, the foundation’s flagship programme.
Countdown to Day of Champions 2010 underway
There are only 137 days left until Day of Champions 2010 and plans are well underway to make sure that this is the best Day of Champions ever.  As always Day of Champions will take place on the Thursday before the British round of MotoGP. In 2010 the biggest day in British motorcycle racing returns to Silverstone, Northamptonshire, for the first time since 1986, and this is the first Day of Champions at the famous circuit. Silverstone have been carrying out lots of work to the circuit and the viewing areas, and Riders are going to make sure that we get the weekend off to the best possible start. Riders for Health’s events manager Jeanette Wragg said, ‘We are just arranging the final details with Silverstone but we are all very excited. Tickets will be going on sale around the beginning of March, and we are delighted to say that we will be keeping prices the same for the fourth year in a row. Day of Champions is a great day out for all the family, so with tickets for adults from just £15 and free tickets for under-16s, it’s a great way to help support our work in Africa.’ We will send out more information before the tickets go on sale, but you can make sure that you are the first to know all the details by following us on twitter.
Win a new bike and save lives in Africa
You might not think that a top of the range sports bike would be able to help deliver health care in rural Africa, but thanks to the Riders for Health raffle it can.  By supporting Riders for Health’s work through our raffle, or by attending an event like Day of Champions the money raised will support our work and help to mobilise thousands of health workers across Africa. Riders will be launching their 2010 raffle at the MCN Motorcycle Show at the Excel Centre in London from the 4th February. For just £1 Riders are giving people the chance to win a brand new Honda CBR 600RR. Our team of volunteers will be helping to sell raffle tickets at events throughout the year, including at every round of the British Superbike championship, as well as at motorcycle shows and at Day of Champions. The draw will be made at the 2010 International Motorcycle and Scooter Show at the NEC in December, so there is plenty of time for you to get your ticket. To find out more about how your support is helping Riders for Health to reach millions of people in rural communities with regular, predictable health care, click here to visit our website.
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