Riders for health do something good

Riders for Health- Kayla Munoz & Mayra Martinez

By kaylamunoz

  • 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.