Caring For Their Communities
In low-income regions, where diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV threaten rural communities, access to healthcare is vital. But long distances and rugged terrain make it difficult for patients to access remote health clinics. Volunteer health workers often walk 10-20 km to provide care for patients in their homes. Our Buffalo Bicycles ensure community health workers spend less time in transit and more time delivering life-saving care.
World Bicycle Relief works with local governments, health systems, implementing partners and aid organizations to accelerate and magnify the impact of critical healthcare programs. We also partner with the communities themselves to provide sustainable, last-mile healthcare solutions.
Community health workers on Buffalo Bicycles:
- In Zambia, served 63% more households than those without bicycles during the region’s worst drought in decades.
- In Kenya, saw 88% more patients, referred 50% more patients for TB screening at a local clinic and were less likely to quit.
- Doubled the number of patients they could visit in Malawi, leading to a more than 90% drop in patient non-compliance with long-term treatment.
