EACOP Community Road Safety Program
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is a $5 billion infrastructure project stretching 1,443 kilometers from Uganda’s Lake Albert oilfields to the port of Tanga in Tanzania. As the world’s longest heated crude oil pipeline, its construction phase, ongoing until the end of 2026, will introduce millions of vehicle miles to the region’s roads, […]
Safe and Healthy Journeys to School for Children and Adolescents in Tanga, Tanzania
Prior to this project, at almost 40% of primary schools in Tanga, Tanzania, at least one child had been injured on the roads in the previous 12 months. Through this project, we worked to improve road safety for children and adolescents in Tanga, thereby allowing them — and the city’s general population — to benefit […]
Road Safety Activities on the High Volume Transport Applied Research Programme
The High Volume Transport Applied Research Programme supports Amend to undertake a number of road safety activities: Attendance at the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Stockholm, in February 2020 Strengthening civil society around road safety in Malawi, training and supporting a local organization to deliver road safety education and establish Kids’ Courts Establishing […]
Safe and Healthy Journeys to School in Africa
In 2020, Amend and the FIA Foundation continued our partnership of more than a decade with a project involving the following: An Amend School Area Road Safety Assessments and Improvements (SARSAI) implementation at Oblogo Cluster of schools in Accra, Ghana where several children have been killed and many injured in the last two years. We […]
Road Safety Activities with Primary Schools in Tanzania
Since 2013, Amend has partnered with Puma Energy Tanzania to carry out road safety activities with primary schools throughout Tanzania. This program has involved working with over 70 schools in seven regions of Tanzania. It has included teaching road safety education to more than 100,000 children, running road safety drawing competitions, forming road safety clubs […]
Kids’ Court Road Safety Interventions: Their impact on Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices in Maputo, Mozambique
An evaluation of Amend’s Kids’ Court program, through which children are empowered to act as “judges,” questioning drivers who are caught speeding, talking on a mobile phone, or failing to wear a seat belt outside their school. The evaluation, which involved key informant interviews and focus group discussions with participating children, teachers, drivers, police officers, […]
Enhancing understanding of safe motorcycle and three-wheeler use for rural transport in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
The use of motorcycles has increased rapidly in many African countries in recent years. Motorcycles are commonly used as taxis, with the rider charging a fare to carry passengers or freight. In rural areas, motorcycle taxis play a crucial role in connecting people to services and farmers to markets, and in many countries motorcycles are […]
Promoting EU visibility in the Tanzanian transport sector through road safety activities
Partnering with the European Union Delegation to Tanzania, Amend designed and implemented a road safety awareness campaign in Dar es Salaam. The campaign involved the following activities: A launch event and ceremony Training for members of the media on how to report road safety and other transport-related issues A radio message targeting motorcycle taxi riders […]
A study to determine the causes and circumstances of motorcycle crashes on low-volume rural roads in Tanzania
Through detailed crash investigations, risk assessments, interviews and inspections, this study aimed to determine the causes and circumstances of motorcycle crashes on low-volume rural roads in Tanzania, to inform the development of targeted road safety policies and interventions. View final project report here.