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第3071期:Electric motorcycles increase the income of rural women in Zimbabwe.

第3071期:Electric motorcycles increase the income of rural women in Zimbabwe.

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Aboard this custom adult-sized tricycle called the Hamba, village healthcare worker Pamhidzi Mutunya delivers medical care that may very well save lives.

在这辆名为“Hamba”的定制成人三轮车里,乡村医护人员帕姆希齐·穆通亚(Pamhidzi Mutunya)运送着救命的医疗物资。


The Hamba made it easier to take patients to and from the hospital.

Hamba使接送病人往返医院变得更容易。


Now fewer women give birth at home due to lack of transportation like it used to be.

现在,由于不像过去那样缺乏交通工具,很少有女性在家分娩了。


Mutunya drives an average of four people per day to a health clinic while also picking up medicine for others.

穆通亚平均每天载四个人去诊所,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.

她去年开始驾驶Hamba,并提到女性们以团体形式每月支付大约十五美元的租用费。


Hamba pilot coordinator Fadzai Mavhuna: Women in the rural areas carry the burden of carrying firewood, going to fetch water to drink and carrying school kids to school.

Hamba调度者法德扎伊·马夫胡纳说:农村地区的妇女承担着搬运柴火、取饮用水以及送孩子上学的负担。


So as Mobility for Africa, we saw that we need to lessen the burden on women.

作为美力非洲组织,我们认识到需要减轻女性的负担。


Transportation start-up Mobility for Africa runs the business side of the Hamba. Drivers say the service change their lives.

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