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Riders for Health

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Barry and Andrea Coleman rev up health-care efforts in Africa. They help workers race to the rescue on motorbikes!

The Colemans run Riders for Health, a charity that trains health workers to drive and care for motorcycles. The riders deliver lifesaving medicine and supplies in six African nations.

The Race to Help
Many countries in Africa are terribly poor. Every year, countless people die from illnesses that are preventable. They live in small villages far from doctors or hospitals. The roads are so bad that health workers have no way to reach the sick or to give lifesaving vaccines to keep people well. But motorcycles can go where most vehicles can't. "They're made to deal with heat and dust," Barry told TIME.

In Zimbabwe, Riders for Health began delivering nets that protect people from mosquitoes. The nets help prevent deaths from malaria (muh-lair-ee-uh), a disease that certain mosquitoes spread by biting people.

The Colemans are giving some Africans reason to hope. They train young villagers to one day lead Riders for Health programs in even more places. Andrea hopes that training local riders will help spread the program's success "right across Africa."

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