Riders for Health

How we Work - Training

Riders for Health knows that no development in Africa can be sustainable in the long term unless it is managed by local people. That’s why, in 2002, we established the International Academy of Vehicle Management (IAVM) in Harare, Zimbabwe.

The IAVM

At the IAVM Riders trains health workers and fleet managers in: 

Safe motorcycle riding

Safe driving 

Basic maintenance 

Comprehensive fleet management.

 

Through these courses the IAVM is helping to pass on skills in vehicle management and build a culture of preventive maintenance across Africa.

The IAVM is based at the Donnybrook motorsports complex on the outskirts of Harare, and in the five years since it opened over 1,000 delegates have been trained by the principal, Alfred Gonga, and his team.

‘It gives me a great sense of satisfaction when people come in for training scared and jittery, and at the end of the training they will be enjoying it so much we have to force them off their bike! You can tell what it means to them and the difference it will make to the way they will do their work of helping the needy.’ Alfred Gonga, principal of the IAVM.

• Meet the team: Find out more about Alfred and his work at the IAVM.
• Many of the delegates have come from local community-based organisations, and have benefited from a bursary scheme for small organisations with limited resources.
• ‘I have learnt a lot from IAVM because I was not capable of riding a motorcycle but now am able. I am also happy about the friendship of the staff.’ Ackim Gomo, a messenger for Shack Dwellers International who attended the IAVM on a bursary.
• The IAVM also offers training for trainers, so that delegates can return to their own organisation and teach others the skills required to ensure that vehicles never break down. Members of the IAVM staff have helped to develop Riders’ programmes in Kenya and Tanzania. Find out more.
• For more details about the courses on offer at the IAVM, click here.

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