Project duration: 1 Year
Project's focus area: Motobikes and health
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The problem is that transportation and infrastructure for the delivery of health care is neglected. Therefore, people across Africa continue to die of preventable and treatable diseases because they cannot be reached with life saving health services. In Kenya, 8.4% of children will die before they reach their 5th birthday and less than half of all pregnant mothers will receive regular prenatal or antenatal care, putting maternal mortality there over twice the global average.
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Our project will strengthen the health delivery system in Kenya, mobilizing health workers so that thousands of people who would not otherwise have access to care can be reached. With a motorcycle, health workers will spend less time traveling and more time in their communities - a considerable savings of time and energy. They will be able to provide prenatal care, address immunization, development of newborns, nutrition for children under five, and water and sanitation issues. |
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By building local capacity and skills (all of our program staff are locals) Riders for Health is ensuring a sustainable health delivery system over time. Mobilized health workers in Kenya are also educating, supporting, and sharing information and resources that communities desperately need while building trust in the health care system, which promotes positive health seeking behavior. Above all, regular health access means lives saved and a healthy population for the future. |
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"The motorcycle has never disappointed us. We have never had a breakdown and this is attributed to the good maintenance of the Riders for Health technicians."
- Health Worker, Family AIDS Care and Education Services
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Lisa Johnson Bakker,
Development Director
440 W Ontario Street
Chicago, IL 60654
United States
312-373-1447
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