3…2…1…..GO !!! Voltic’s trikes are ready to ride in Koforidua !
Voltic's distribution point in Koforidua
After several weeks of hard work, the project In Koforidua (Ghana) for Voltic is about to kick off!,
Voltic is owned by SAB Miller – one of the world’s largest brewing company- and is a manufacturer of both Voltic Water and Muscatella soda brands. They recently ordered 10 new trikademiks. Thanks to an intelligent logistic system put in place by Ernest, the project manager, this project will enable 55 kids to go to school and the employment of 10 riders.
As for the previous launch in Hohoe, this project in Koforidua involved several steps before the trikes could start up!
More space for the kids' feet
First of all, Anton, our Technical Director, Michael, a new bike mechanic on our team, and Winfred, the bike mechanic fromHohoe, had to assemble the new trikes. When I say “new” it’s because we modified the design of the trikes when changing supplier. We obviously took this opportunity to make some improvements on the Trikademiks, enabling kids to have more space for their feet on the trike, the advertising space to be changed easier and faster and the driving to go smoother.
Koforidua's whole team with Sammy
The second step was to go to a selection process of riders and train them to the job. This again involved MTTU (localroadauthorities) for the road safety training, and Plan Ghana (an NGO) for the child rights training. As for Anton and Ernest, they were in charged of the general and technical training and picked Samuel (everybody calls him “Sammy”) to be the teamleader of the Voltic’s riders.
As you can see in the photographs, the whole fleet is already practicing the Ghanaian roads and the kids have adopted the Trikademiks with no hesitation…
We are now looking forward to seing Voltic’s trikes running around Koforidua, enabling the children to attend to school regularly!
