To better manage health emergency needs in communities: The Global Fund donates motorbikes to five CSOs in North Region.

The brand-new motorbikes were handed over to the heads of the various CSOs during a ceremony that took place recently.

According to an official from The Global Fund, the motorcycles will help beneficiaries to facilitate the efficient and rapid management of health emergencies in the communities where they are stationed. 

The equipment, the same source added, will help address the problem of accessibility in certain project areas and facilitate field supervision, particularly during the rainy season when roads are impassable.

With the donation, the official underscored, they look forward to a significant improvement in the quality of local health services in the communities.

Speaking during the handing over ceremony, one of the beneficiary CSOs’ coordinators, Mariama Diop, hailed The Global Fund for the donation.

According to her, one of the major challenges faced by CSOs in implementing some of their major projects in communities is inaccessibility of certain areas, particularly during the rainy season as the roads are impassable. 

“With these motorcycles, we will now be able to get out into the field quickly to ensure close monitoring of activities and effectively deal with health emergencies in the distant villages,” Mariama Diop said.

She went on to insist that: “The motorbikes will help us ensure community management of simple illnesses and also enable us in referral of serious cases to health facilities. It will enable us to be even more effective in the field and to respond to the urgent needs of the population”.

To another beneficiary, Moussa Traoré, the donation followed training of CSOs in programme and financial management, gender and the prevention of sexual harassment, abuse and exploitation, by the same organisation. 

“We benefited from capacity-building that gave us a better understanding of the issues at stake in the project and equipped us to implement it, as such we are very grateful,” Moussa Traoré stated.

This story was first published in The Guardian Post issue No 3139 of Wednesday June 12, 2024