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Raising Money
Andrea Coleman along with Randy Mamola began to raise money for health in Africa. -
First Presence in The Gambia
The Riders for Health's first presence in The Gambia was in 1989 when Barry Coleman, co-founder, acted as a consultant to Save the Children Fund and the World Health Organization, examined motorcycle ses in the Gambia the basis of a new training/management system was established. -
First National Programme launch
Riders launched their first national programme in 1991 in Lesotho, later replicated successfully in Zimbabwe, the Gambia, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. -
Independence
SCF stops operations in the Gambia, and the Riders become independent. -
Interval Servicing
Riders performs demand and interval servicing for select government transports from 1997-2001. -
TRM
Riders' programme became refined and officially known as the Transport Resource Management (TRM) model when it was launched in Zimbabwe in 1997. -
Kenya
Riders was approached by a grassroots organization, Africa Infectious Disease Village Clinics, in search of help to obtain the appropriate vehicles and training for a mechanic to service them on a regular basis. -
TAM
Riders launches expansion TAM, Transport Asset Management model in the Gambia, which now allows Riders to own and manage the vehicles, as well as lease them out to partnering organizations. -
Lipman Family Prize
Riders for Health was honored with the Wharton's 2015 Lipman Family Prize. -
COVID
Throughout the year Riders were able to provide governments and health organizations in the countries where we operate, with transport services essential to delivering operations to minimise the effects of the disease.