Riders for Health

Vision and Mission

Riders for Health’s vision is of a world in which the poor do not suffer and die for lack of access to health care and other vital services simply because they are isolated by distance or terrain.

Riders for Health manages and maintains the vehicles used in the delivery of health care and other vital services to rural communities in Africa . We manage them on a planned, preventive basis so that the vehicles do not break down however difficult the conditions. In this way our partners can deliver their services predictably and cost-effectively.

Despite the fact that  access to public health, as well as prevention and cure for disease, are basic human needs, men women and children in Africa die of easily preventable and curable disease because they do not have that access. The knowledge and resources exist to prevent this waste of human life and the associated suffering, but those resources routinely fail to reach the people who need them because of lack of reliable transport.

Riders works with ministries of health and other agencies working to improve the health and lives of rural communities in Zimbabwe, the Gambia, Nigeria, Kenya and Tanzania.

The management of transport is the most neglected and yet one of the most vital aspects of development. It enables the Millennium Development Goals to be addressed and conserves the high costs of vehicle purchase and operation, so that resources can be refocused on direct humanitarian support.

Our effective and cost-efficient support for our partners is established by:

• Creating an appropriate infrastructure in which vehicle fleets used in harsh conditions can be managed without their breaking down.
• Training the nationals of the countries in which Riders operates to maintain vehicles and manage vehicle fleets.
• Training health care professionals, and others whose job it is to deliver public health and other services to remote areas, to ride/drive vehicles, including motorcycles, and also to carry out daily maintenance checks, so that there is no interruption in delivery of health care due to mechanical failure.
• Advising government and NGO administrators and managers in the running of vehicle fleet operating systems, to ensure that vehicles for public service are used to their maximum potential for the longest possible time at the lowest possible cost.
• Raising awareness of the problem of, and solutions for, managed transport in the global health and development environment.

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