Sakaramenta is a social enterprise producing push and bicycle carts.
It
is based in Blantyre, Malawi, and founded in 2009. Sakaramenta
produces 5 different carts to transport patients, goods and other
supplies behind the bicycle. The bicycle cars are designed according
to high Dutch quality standards, at the moment 21 people are
employed.
The
reason to start up this business, is a believe in creating
employment, stimulating entrepreneurship and local production in the
best of way of bringing development to a country.
Getting
things from A to B is not always easy in Malawi. The weather,
shortage of fuel and quality of roads make carrying goods and people
a though job. Sakaramenta takes the challenge to solve these
problems.
Furthermore
they make play ground, school and hospital equipment. Like glides,
swings, school desks, trolleys. The focus point are: simple, strong
and sustainable. All the parts can be maintained locally. Them
workshop is in Blantyre, experienced and well educated staff are
making high quality products.
The
last project is born from an idea by Peter Meijer, founder and
managing director of Sakaramenta. He has created a kids' playground
on the site of a local hospital.
The
simply wonderful intervention considers its site, introducing a
scrapped ambulance, repurposing it as a playground clubhouse, with an
integrated - where children patients (and grown-ups) can play having
a fun together. Independent research concludes that playgrounds are
among the most important environments for children outside the home.
Most forms of play are essential for healthy development, but free,
spontaneous play—the kind that occurs on playgrounds—is the most
beneficial type of play.
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