Our Impact

We solve the problem of getting health care to communities in Africa by supporting programmes that provide reliable and cost effective transport for health workers.

Community health worker serving their community, Riders For Health, The Gambia.

We are proud to say that the work we do has a huge impact. The transport for healthcare programmes we support are significantly reducing disease growth, curbing outbreaks of disease, reducing maternal and infant mortality.

Your support funds vehicles, training, equipment and tools and more support programmes in African countries.

How you can help

What your money can do

Every penny you raise helps to deliver healthcare to hard-to-reach communities in Africa, making sure health workers have reliable vehicles to get them to get them to the people who need them wherever they are.

Courier bag

£/$120

Safely carries blood and other samples to enable rapid diagnosis and vaccines to prevent the spread of dangerous diseases.

Protective clothing

£/$300

One set of protective clothing including jacket, helmet, boots, gloves and hi-vis vest to keep a health worker safe on their motorbike.

Motorcycle maintenance toolkit

$/£500

Providing all the tools needed to maintain a health worker’s motorcycle for its lifetime.

Rider training

$/£1000

Full rider training, maintenance of the vehicle and training to handle vaccines or samples.

A motorcycle for life

$/£5000

Agricultural motorcycle suited to terrain (200cc 4 stroke plus) with running costs for its lifetime.

All-terrain ambulance

$/£12,000

Specialist vehicle for transporting pregnant women to hospital over rough terrain.

Film: Riders for Health The Gambia

Two Wheels for life supports this programme and others like it that ensure health workers have fuelled, well maintained motorcycles and other vehicles that can get to the remote areas and get healthcare to those who need it most.

Therese Drammeh, country director for Riders for Health, The Gambia tells us how in Gambia women in labour were regularly taken to hospital by wheelbarrow or donkey cart and how her programme is working to ensure this is a thing of the past.

2022 End of Year Report

While COVID-19 still made fundraising difficult we managed to help the five Riders for Health programmes in Africa we support, deliver vital care to their communities.

Read the full report

Find out more

Stories

Case studies and stories to show what we do, who we are, and how the work we support makes a difference.

Why motorcycles?

People often ask us why we support programmes that use motorcycles. Find out why they are uniquely suited to the job.

Two Wheels shortlisted for digital transformation awards

27th August 2024

We are delighted to have have been shortlisted for two awards for our work helping partner organisation Riders for Health harness new technologies.

May date announced for Day of Champions 2025

5th August 2024

With Dorna announcing the date for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone 2025, we can now confirm that the next Day of Champions will take place on Thursday 22 May 2025!