TRANSAID LAUNCHES NEW PROFESSIONAL DRIVER TRAINING INITIATIVE IN MALAWI

22 June 2016 Transaid has expanded its professional driver training programmes into Malawi, following the programme’s success in raising commercial driver training standards in Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. The international development organisation will be working alongside Malawi’s Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) to tackle the high road traffic fatality rate in the…


RHA MARKS FIRST YEAR OF TRANSAID CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP WITH £5,354 DONATION

3 June 2016 The Road Haulage Association (RHA) marked its first anniversary as a corporate member of Transaid by presenting the charity’s Chief Executive, Gary Forster, with a cheque for £5,354 at the RHA’s annual members’ lunch. The donation, which was presented by Richard Burnett, the RHA’s CEO, was raised as a result of the…


EPIC CROSS-CONTINENT TRANSAID DRIVING CHALLENGE LAUNCHED AT MULTIMODAL AWARDS

11 May 2016 The ‘Training Trucks for Transaid’ initiative was officially launched at last night’s FTA Multimodal Awards in Birmingham – a daring cross-continent challenge to source and drive a bulk liquid tanker and a coach from Europe to Africa. The initiative aims to deliver the vehicles to Transaid’s professional driver training programme in Lusaka,…


UNICARRIERS BACKS TRANSAID AS NEW CORPORATE MEMBER

6 May 2016 Materials handling equipment manufacturer UniCarriers has become the latest member of the transport and logistics industry to pledge its support to Transaid as a corporate sponsor. The manufacturer will help bolster the international development charity’s lifesaving work in Africa, which includes professional driver training and maternal health programmes, through annual membership contributions.…


TAKE ON TRANSAID’S CYCLE CHALLENGES AND GET FIT FOR 2016

25 January 2016 International development charity Transaid is challenging industry professionals to get fit for 2016 and help Transaid improve the lives of people in Africa, by signing up to one of its two cycle rides. Nightrider 2016, which takes place over three nights in June and July, challenges volunteers from the industry to cycle…


NATIONAL EXPRESS VOLUNTEER DRIVES UP TRAINING STANDARDS IN ZAMBIA

18 January 2016 National Express Driver Trainer, John Crossland, has completed a two-week placement with Transaid’s Professional Driver Training project in Zambia, further strengthening the company’s relationship with the international development charity. Crossland, who in his role at National Express Start Hill coach depot trains new drivers to earn UK PCV licences, and provides top-up…


BICYCLES SAIL TO MADAGASCAR

15 January 2016 Today, 361 bicycles will start sailing from New Zealand to Madagascar. The donated bicycles, collected in shipping containers, will be supporting the USAID-financed Community-Based Integrated Health Programme, known locally as MAHEFA (Malagasy HEniky ny FAhasakamana). JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. leads the programme, with support from partners Transaid and The Manoff…


YUSEN LOGISTICS’ OPERATIONS MANAGER SWAPS UK FOR ZAMBIA

5 January 2016 A UK Operations Manager has begun a three month secondment to Transaid’s Professional Driver Training project in Zambia and is helping the charity to improve the quality of training delivered by the programme. Louise Gunby, who is Operations Manager for the Leeds distribution centre at Yusen Logistics, is on secondment to the…