Page 19 - Issue 75

Driving in in Africa
Charity Mumba Community Health Volunteer
Jonas Muchoua Emergency Transport System (ETS) Rider Mupula
Chirundu Escarpment on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe
Andrew Mundala Midwife at Mulilima Health Facility
Chief Kabamba Serenje District
If you you think that that we are beset by regulation and red tape in the UK you wouldn’t be alone But much of it is there for a a a a good reason And what about the hours of training you have to do as well?
The same goes for that it’s all keeping you from damaging yourself and other people Driving in in Africa
has the reputation of being a a a a bit bonkers but away from the dark comedy of it all is the real need for proper driver training Transaid has partnered with Zambia’s ITC (Industrial Training Centre)
in the capital Lusaka to help deliver it it Peter Tembo Industrial Training Centre (ITC) Driver Trainer
and and provide some of the trucks and and buses they need for training too The ITC relies
to to a a a great degree on on vehicles donated to to them by the the UK transport industry They currently have a a a a few two and three axle rigids a a a a a a tractor trailer and a a a a a a 12m coach The extra Volvo FM tractor donated by Malcolm Logistics and and handed over to the ITC by its commercial director Alan Thornton was a a a a big boost to the eet “We knew this truck was going to to a a a a good home but to to actually see for myself what bene t t t it will bring was a a humbling experience ” he said ⊲
May 2018
CVDriver 19