Aboard this custom adult-sized tricycle called the Hamba. Village health care worker Pamhidzai Mutunya delivers medical care that may very well save lives.
登上这辆定制的成人大小的三轮车,叫做汉巴。村卫生保健工作者穆图尼亚提供的医疗保健很可能挽救生命。
The Hamba made it easier to take patients to and from the hospital. Now fewer women give birth at home due to lack of transportation like it used to be.
汉巴使病人进出医院更容易。现在,在家分娩的妇女比以前少了,之前是因为缺少交通工具。
Mutunya drives an average of four people per day to a health clinic while also picking up medicine for others.
穆图尼亚平均每天开车带四个人去健康诊所,同时也为其他人取药。
She started using a Hamba last year and says women pay about fifteen dollars a month as a group to lease the ride,
她从去年开始使用汉巴车,并说妇女们每月支付15美元作为一个团体来租赁这辆车,
Hamba pilot coordinator Fadzai Mavhuna. Women in the rural areas carry the burden of carrying firewood, going to fetch water to drink,
汉巴试点协调员麦胡娜,农村妇女扛着柴火、挑水喝,
and carrying school kids to school, so as Mobility for Africa we saw that we need to lessen the burden on women.
把孩子们带到学校,作为“流动非洲”而言,我们需要减轻妇女的负担。
Transportation start-up Mobility for Africa runs the business side of the Hamba. Drivers say the service change their lives.
非洲的运输初创公司“流动非洲”经营着汉巴的业务。司机们说这项服务改变了他们的生活。
We used to carry firewood on our heads for 2 kilometres. Now it's much easier as this tricycle has taken away that burden.
我们过去常常头顶着柴火走两公里。现在,这辆三轮车减轻了负担,这就容易多了。
Reusable batteries charged by the Sun power the Hamba and fuel it for one dollar or less.
用太阳充电的可重复使用电池为汉巴提供动力,并为其提供一美元或更少的燃料。
It has a cruising range of about a hundred kilometers. The project is targeted to rural women so we have noticed that it's not everyone who can afford to buy it
它的巡航范围约为100公里。这个项目是针对农村妇女的,所以我们注意到不是每个人都买得起
so we are going to sell it to those who can afford to buy it but at the same time we will continue leaseing.
因此,我们将把它卖给那些有能力购买它的人,但同时我们将继续租赁。
Mobility for Africa is now in the second phase of its pilot project. The next step is going commercial where the Hamba will sell for $1,500.
“流动非洲”目前正处于试验项目的第二阶段。下一步是商业化,汉巴将以1500美元的价格出售。
Arash Arabasadi, VOA news, Washington
阿拉什·阿拉巴萨迪,VOA新闻,华盛顿报道