Transaid, in partnership with the FIA Foundation, hosted the second Safe African Helmets Initiative (SAHI) Summit in Nairobi this week (7-9 July 2025), bringing together industry experts and representatives from government and civil society to discuss life-saving projects to improve motorcycle helmet safety. Kenya is currently home to an estimated 2.4 million motorcycle taxis, known…
Transaid has partnered with fellow nonprofit organisation American International Health Alliance (AIHA) on an exciting 12-month supply chain strengthening project, funded by The Gates Foundation, with Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Services (EPSS). The project will see Transaid work to build human resources capacity and support staff development within the EPSS. The Addis Ababa-based agency procures nearly…
Transaid has announced its much anticipated 2026 cycle challenge, returning to Africa for the 12th time and throwing down the gauntlet for riders to take part in a spectacular 10-day adventure, pedalling 454km across Tanzania’s diverse and dynamic landscape. From 17 – 26 September 2026, with five days in the saddle, participants will ride from…
Three heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) donated by corporate partners of international development organisation, Transaid, have entered service at the Industrial Training Centre (ITC) in Lusaka. Collectively, they will be used to train hundreds of new and existing professional drivers in Zambia. The three vehicles were formally transferred to the ITC during a handover ceremony in…
International development organisation, Transaid, has launched new guidelines, commissioned by Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), for pre-referral rectal artesunate (RAS) implementation, an intervention for severe malaria proven to substantially reduce the risk of death and disability among young children. The guidelines provide practical tips on key aspects of RAS implementation at community level, including selecting…
International development organisation, Transaid, has welcomed Europe’s largest independent tyre retreading company, Vaculug, as a new corporate partner. The three-year agreement builds upon Vaculug’s sponsorship of Transaid ambassador Guy Heywood’s many fundraising initiatives in recent years, as well as the donation of funds for Transaid’s access to healthcare programmes in Zambia. In February, Heywood and…
International development organisation, Transaid, has secured investment from the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) for a new project aimed at improving safe access to public transportation for women across the western cape of South Africa. The project targets the informal minibus taxi industry, which is the primary mode of public transport for most South…
Senior representatives from international development organisation, Transaid, have presented in two expert panels as part of discussions at the fourth Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, which took place in Marrakech last week, hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Government of Morocco. Transaid Trustee and Head of Road Safety at Holcim, Astrid…
Kemi Ojo-Osagie, Graduate Associate for GXO, has begun a six-month secondment in Ghana with international development organisation, Transaid, supporting the nationwide rollout of a newly developed standard for training of drivers of Heavy Goods Vehicles. Kemi is primarily focusing on advocacy and outreach work, speaking to commercial vehicle drivers and a variety of stakeholders involved…
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, Patron of Transaid, has officially opened the new London office of Asset Alliance Group parent company Arbuthnot Latham, a private and commercial bank with heritage dating back to 1833. Asset Alliance Group pledged its support as a corporate partner to Transaid, the international development organisation, just over 12 months…
Smart logistics solutions provider DP World has signed a three-year agreement with Transaid to become its latest corporate partner. The global business joins more than 30 companies from across the sector in pledging its support to Transaid, which has been the official charity of the UK transport and logistics industry for 27 years. DP World…
International development organisation, Transaid, has announced its next cycle challenge, set to take place in the Republic of Ireland between 24 – 28 September 2025. Participants will set off from bustling Cork, riding 328 km over three days to finish in the centre of Dublin, one of Europe’s most exciting capitals. Day one will see…
Global mobility and connectivity solutions provider, Radius, has joined international development organisation, Transaid, as a corporate partner. Radius is a major fuel and telematics solutions provider with over 425,000 customers globally. The three-year partnership agreement was confirmed in November at Transaid’s annual showcase event in London, in the presence of its patron, Her Royal Highness…
International development organisation, Transaid, has used the occasion of its annual showcase event at the Africa Centre in London this week (27 November) to celebrate the roll-out of its MAMaZ Against Malaria programme to cover nearly 80% of districts across Zambia. Launched by Transaid within a single district in 2017, the life-saving project was proven…
Transaid’s life-saving projects around motorcycle helmet safety and professional driver training formed key discussion points at the International Road Federation (IRF) World Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, last week. Caroline Barber, Chief Executive of Transaid, was invited by the IRF to moderate a technical session on safety for vulnerable road users, supported by a panel of…
The transport and logistics industry has successfully fielded two strong teams of riders to complete Transaid cycle challenges both in the UK and Kenya, raising more than £225,000 towards the international development organisation’s projects in sub-Saharan Africa. Last week a team of 30 pedalled 295 miles, from the foothills of Mount Kenya to stunning Lake…
International development organisation, Transaid, has been successful in securing grant funding from Lloyd’s Register Foundation for a 6-month project to strengthen access to essential health and road safety messaging at the Mombasa port enclave in Kenya, specifically focusing on commercial drivers. The project will promote access and engagement with free and established health services where…
The transport and logistics industry has raised an incredible £100,681 at this year’s Scottish Transaid Dinner, held on 12 September at the Macdonald Inchyra Hotel & Spa near Grangemouth, to support the international development organisation’s road safety and access to health projects. Organisation of the event, which was attended by more than 300 executives and…
International development organisation, Transaid, has presented its current work on motorcycle safety in Kenya with the National Helmet Wearing Coalition, to the 15th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, hosted in New Delhi, India, by the George Institute for Global Health and the World Health Organization. Transaid Programmes Support Manager, Jason Finch, was…
John Heirs, Construction Training and Compliance Manager at The Malcolm Group, has returned from his fourth secondment for international development organisation, Transaid, spending two weeks training three new HGV driver trainers at the Industrial Training Centre (ITC) in Lusaka, Zambia. Heirs’ first three secondments took place at the National Institute of Transport (NIT) in Dar…
International development organisation Transaid has begun phase two of a comparative study to investigate young men’s experiences of walking in secondary towns drawing direct comparisons between South Africa and the UK. It marks a new phase of collaboration with research teams from Durham University and the University of the Western Cape. Funded by the Gothenburg-based…
International development organisation Transaid has secured funding from the Puma Energy Foundation to lead an entirely new two and a half-year project supporting the nationwide rollout of a new Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) driver training standard in Ghana. Transaid’s selection to lead the work follows more than three years’ experience working in Ghana, where it…
International development organisation, Transaid, has secured funding from global road safety philanthropy, the FIA Foundation, to lead the third phase of its National Helmet Wearing Coalition in Kenya. This extends a project launched in 2021 to improve safety for the country’s 1.4 million motorcycles and their riders, the majority of which are used as taxis.…
A group of 12 Transaid corporate partners have returned from a self-funded visit to Zambia, where they had the unique opportunity to visit two of the international development organisation’s projects, spanning access to health and road safety. This included a 500-mile round trip by road into rural parts of Serenje and Chitambo Districts to meet…
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited Multimodal 2024 at the NEC last week, in her capacity as patron of Transaid, the official charity of the transport and logistics sector. During her visit The Princess Royal took the opportunity to view corporate supporter Trailer Resources’ new Transaid-liveried trailer – making its debut at the event,…
International development organisation, Transaid, has appointed Maddy Matheson, 26, as its new Head of Fundraising. Maddy joined Transaid’s fundraising team in 2021, most recently serving as Communications and Corporate Partnerships Manager, where she was responsible for assisting the development and delivery of an ambitious fundraising strategy. Within her new role she will head up Transaid’s…
With more than 30 participants already signed up, just nine places now remain for Transaid’s Cycle Kenya challenge, which will take place from 4 – 13 October 2024. The adventure will see riders cover 474km over six days in the saddle, from Nyeri at the foothills of Mount Kenya, to stunning Lake Victoria. Confirmed riders…
Two heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) which had previously operated in the UK will help train hundreds of new and existing truck drivers in Zambia, having entered service at the Industrial Training Centre (ITC) in Lusaka, after being donated by supporters of Transaid. This contributes to an ongoing partnership between Transaid and the ITC which aims…
A Transaid-supported project has helped to successfully train more than 450 HGV drivers in Mozambique over two years, with 100 per cent* of those surveyed following the training saying the initiative has helped them to be better at their job. Transaid’s significant involvement was part of the initiative Employment and Skills for Development in Africa…
The road transport industry in Scotland has confirmed plans to hold a second Scottish Transaid Dinner, which will take place on the evening of 12 September 2024 at the Macdonald Inchyra Hotel & Spa near Grangemouth. It follows the inaugural dinner in September 2022 which was attended by more than 200 people and raised over…
Transaid transforms lives through safe, available, and sustainable transport. Founded by Save the Children, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), and its Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, the international development organisation works with communities, partners, and governments to solve transport challenges throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
Transaid works in two core areas, road safety and access to health, to solve two of the biggest transport challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. Transaid’s road safety work focuses on influencing safe driver behaviour with long term programmes in Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, responding to local needs for improved training for drivers and riders of trucks, buses, motorcycles and forklift trucks. On the access to health side, Transaid is working with local partners and communities to strengthen access to health services, primarily in rural areas. They are also working to strengthen health supply chains in collaboration with local partners and governments.
Transaid enjoys strong backing from the transport and logistics industry and the active involvement of its patron, HRH The Princess Royal.
