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Transport and logistics industry cycling teams in the UK and Kenya have raised over £225,000 for international development organisation Transaid projects in sub-Saharan Africa.
A team of 30 pedalled 295 miles, from the foothills of Mount Kenya to Lake Victoria in six days, raising £165,000 in Transaid’s first cycling fundraiser in the country. And a separate group of 40 riders raised £60,000 on the 159-mile, two-day ride from Newcastle to Edinburgh.
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This year’s Scottish Transaid Dinner raised £100,681 for the transport and logistics-development agency. Hheld on 12 September at the Macdonald Inchyra Hotel near Grangemouth, it was attended by more than 300 executives and friends representing businesses across Scotland, led by Lynsey Craik from John Mitchell Haulage & Warehousing. She worked ...
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International development organisation Transaid has secured funding from the Puma Energy Foundation for a new two and a half-year truck driver training project in Ghana. It supoport nationwide rollout of a new Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) driver training standard in the country. Transaid has more than three years' experience working ...
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A group of 12 Transaid corporate partners have returned from a self-funded visit to Zambia to visit two of the international development organisation’s projects.
It included a 500-mile round trip by road into rural parts of Serenje and Chitambo Districts to meet with local partners and see Transaid’s maternal health and ...
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International development organisation Transaid has appointed Maddy Matheson as head of fundraising. She joined Transaid’s fundraising team in 2021, most recently serving as communications and corporate partnerships manager., taking over from Florence Bearman, who stood down at the end of 2023 to take on a new challenge with the charity ...
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Two heavy goods vehicles from the UK are helping to train truck drivers in Zambia at the Industrial Training Centre (ITC) in Lusaka, after being donated by supporters of Transaid.
The vehicles, a Scania 6x2 and a Mercedes Actros 6x2, were donated respectively by long-standing Transaid supporters Fagan and Whalley and ...
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A Transaid-supported project has helped train more than 450 truck drivers in Mozambique over two years, with all those surveyed saying the initiative has helped them to be better at their job.
Transaid’s involvement was part of the initiative Employment and Skills for Development in Africa and funded by the German ...
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Former transport company owner Matthew Kibble has delivered a series of three talks on behalf of international development organisation, Transaid, at the National Institute of Transport in Dar es Salaam.
Kibble’s talks focused on building his company, cost control, and buying and selling businesses – providing a fascinating insight into running ...
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International development organisation Transaid has concluded phase two of its Professional Driver Training project in Uganda, with 890 graduates over a two-year period – exceeding the project’s original goal by over 15%.
Delivered in partnership with local non-governmental organisation (NGO) Safe Way Right Way, the project set out to improve the ...
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International development organisation Transaid celebrated its 25th anniversary on the evening of 16 November. Its Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, addressed assembled guests, thanking them for their interest, enthusiasm, and commitment to Transaid’s life-saving work.
The event, held at the London Transport Museum, demonstrated the wealth of support for Transaid’s many ...
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