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Rural transport in Eastern Sudan

By _Alex Bloom
Created Nov 29 2005 - 18:51
Managing Organization: ITDG (Practical Action)

Managing Organization URL:
www.itdg.org [0]



Rural transport in Eastern Sudan

Contact Email: E-mail: itsd@sudanmail.net

Contact Phone: 00 249 183 460 419, Darfur office 00 249 531 43809, Kassalla office 00 249 411 2699

Contact Address: PO Box 4172 Khartoum Central Sudan Street Address: Pio Yokwan Road Plot No. 4 Street 49 North of Khartoum 3 Club Sudan


Activity URL:
http://www.itdg.org/?id=eastern_sudan_transport [1]


Activity Description: ITDG (Practical Action) Sudan's transport programme in Kassala and Gedarif States helped to design affordable carts for transportation. These carts are durable, made locally, and can help generate income of about 2,000 Sudanese Dinars (US$ 7.50) daily for the owner or operator. They also provide cheap transport for users and save time in tasks such as hauling water.

Over 200 carts were manufactured and distributed for the use of poor families during 2001/ 2002. More than 40 metal workers were trained in making wheels and different forms of intermediate means of transport devices including carts.


Source URL:
http://www.nextbillion.net//ITDG-Practical-Action-Eastern-Sudan-transport-cart