The Maritime Advocate is free to readers and is entirely supported by advertisers and sponsors. A banner advertisement represents excellent value so please consider using us whenever you have a…
Corporate partners join Transaid to see life-saving work in Zambia A group of 12 Transaid corporate partners have returned from a self-funded visit to Zambia, where they had the unique…
On the 16th of November 2023, Transaid celebrated its silver jubilee at the Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London, with more than 170 industry supporters, partners and development organisations. After…
Launched: Kenya Helmet Wearing Coalition Did you know that wearing a motorcycle helmet can reduce risk of head injury by 69 per cent in a crash? Despite the fact that…
Celebrating all the cyclists changing the world on two wheels this World Bicycle Day World Bicycle Day is always a big deal for us at Transaid. It’s a chance to…
Updates from Zambia: combatting COVID-19 with MAM at Scale In April we announced that our highly successful MAM at Scale programme – whose pilot saw a 96% reduction in child…
COVID-19 is putting pressure on truck drivers in East Africa: here’s why. In the UK, COVID-19 highlighted the importance of truck drivers as key workers. In East Africa, the pandemic…
Celebrating 9,600 drivers trained and £75,000 for 75 years This month we celebrated our road safety results in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal On the 24th October…
What’s in a name? Maimuna’s tells the dramatic story of her birth… The night Amina went into labour, extreme weather and armed robbers stood between her and the medical care…
Find out how ETS is changing lives for mothers and drivers in Nigeria When Bilyaminu became an ETS driver, his entire community reaped the benefits. The Emergency Transport Scheme (ETS)…
What difference does available transport make? Ask Jamila… Meet Jamila and Abdullahi: a mother who has used ETS and the driver that saved her life Since 2016, the Emergency Transport…
See what we’re celebrating this #WorldBicycleDay ? Transforming lives through safe, available and sustainable transport World Bicycle Day is almost here! Monday 3rd June is World Bicycle Day – and this…
MAMaZ Against Malaria at Scale set to benefit four times more people at risk of malaria in rural Zambia We are delighted to announce the scale up of Transaid and…
“Transaid’s programmes have been proven to work and I hope the industry recognises the value they add.” HRH The Princess Royal Last week, we celebrated our 20th anniversary celebrations with…
A year today, our cyclists will be close to completing our 20th anniversary challenge! Don’t miss out on being one of them! To celebrate our 20th anniversary, next June will…
Since July last year, Transaid has been part of the programme MAMaZ Against Malaria (MAM), an innovative approach to beating malaria. This is a collaboration between Medicines for Malaria Ventures…
I guess that journalists and other practitioners involved in any way in the maritime media world had more than enough with news and important aspects to cover over the last…
Transforming lives through safe, available, and sustainable transport; a note from TRANSAID: As you can see from the infographic, it’s been a busy year. This is just a snapshot of…
Sharing emergency transport with communities Our team has been visiting communities in Adamawa State, Nigeria, to raise awareness of the emergency transport scheme (ETS), which encourages local taxi drivers to transport the…
Choose: ox, camel, or donkey Do something amazing this Christmas, choose the Appeal package that suits you and help us raise £25, 000 to provide communities with life-saving transport. We’ve also…
Designing a referral scheme for maternal health services in rural Kenya Transaid provided technical support to the MANI project (Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement project in Bungoma County, Kenya) to assess…
Motorcycle taxi scheme enables over 1, 000 women in Uganda to access vital healthcare Transaid helped almost 1, 000 expectant mothers in Uganda to deliver their babies at healthcare facilities…
Bicycle Ambulance project showcased on BBC A major Transaid project, the MORE MAMaZ programme (Mobilising Access to Maternal Health Services in Zambia) was showcased on national television for this year’s…
This February, Transaid started a new partnership with the Malagasy non-governmental organisation Lalana. This five-year relationship will focus on the promotion, development and implementation of initiatives and projects aiming to…
Transaid’s Br@king News January 2015 Professional…