Riders to feature in BBC documentary |
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| Saturday, 06 February 2010 18:52 | |||
 This February Riders for Health will feature in a new documentary presented by the financial expert, Alvin Hall. The film will look at our new programme in Zambia, where we are establishing a system of transporting blood samples by motorcycle from clinics to the laboratory. It will mean that people can be tested for diseases like HIV and TB quickly and reliably, so that they will receive the treatment they need as soon as possible.The documentary will be shown on the BBC World News channel. It premieres at 0230 and 0830 GMT on Saturday 13th February, and is shown throughout the following week. You can check your local listings on the BBC World News website. Those living in the UK will not be able to see the show on TV as BBC World News is not available in the UK or in most of the USA. However, the programme will be available on www.riders.org, from Saturday 13th February, and we will send out a Riders News Extra when the link is published. One of the most important elements of the work that Riders does is to convince people that reliable transport can make a huge difference to the delivery of health care in rural communities in Africa. We also want to show that reliable transport is possible. So often people think that because the landscape and environment in rural Africa is so harsh that vehicles will always break down and transport cannot be relied on. This is not true. If vehicles are serviced properly, they should never break down, no matter how harsh the conditions. And health workers should always be able to reach even the most isolated communities. That is why programmes like this are so important. The documentary is the first in a new series, called ‘Alvin’s Guide to Good Business’, which investigates the role that social enterprise organisations like Riders for Health are playing in sustainable development. You can see a trailer for the new series by clicking here. Social enterprise organisations develop real-world solutions that can transform unequal and unjust social, environmental and economic systems. The series has been made with the help of the California based Skoll Foundation. The Foundation currently supports over 60 organisations represented by remarkable social entrepreneurs working individually and together across regions, countries and continents to deliver solutions to the world’s most challenging economic and social problems. Riders for Health is a 2005 recipient of the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, the foundation’s flagship programme. Article source: RIders for Health Note: Riders for Health is the Official MotoGP Charity
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