Traveling by motorbike, I realized how much this is an instrument of salvation, especially in the South Saharan countries because it allows those who live in remote areas and in absolute poverty to access medical care.. I've already talked about it in questo articolo, when I introduced the new project In Moto With Africa.
Continuous health emergency
Today we too live in first person and for the first time a’sanitary emergency, perhaps we are able to better understand what it means not to be able to access treatment due to geographical and economic limits.
Not being able to be cured because there are no roads, bridges, or more simply because we cannot afford any means of transport.
How it works In Moto With Africa?
Together with other motorcyclists who love motorcycle travel, come detto, so I started the MOTO CON L’AFRICA project.
What we do is pretty simple: we raise funds to support Doctors With Africa – cuAmA, Italian organization that gives 70 years has been working in the healthcare management in these areas.
These contributions are invested directly in the’purchase of motorbike ambulances but also more simply in full of fuel and runs in “moto-taxi” to go home after hospitalization just as shown in my video reportage.
This has a positive impact on the community not only from a health point of view but also from an economic and social point of view and does not upset its habits.
It also allows us supporters to be efficient and effective, without wasting anything of what we manage to collect.
The first trip: the difficulties of Sierra Leone
To better understand how to direct our action and its effects, we went in Sierra Leone and we have experienced first-hand what an emergency journey from that lost last mile entails.
It wasn't mine “usual” motorcycle trip. This time everything was different: I was at the mercy of events. I tried to put myself as much as possible in the conditions of whom, living in a remote African village, must be on a journey to be cured.
Hope this video reportage, as well as entertain you, may also leave you with a greater awareness of the Sierra Leonean reality (but it is true for many other South Saharan African countries) and on what are the goals of In Moto With Africa stimulating you to actively participate in the project.
We got started with Africa, now it's your turn: www.inmotoconlafrica.org
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