From: Jessica Vechakul [jessvech@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 9:48 AM
To: Amy B Smith; ALLEN ARMSTRONG; Allen E Armstrong; Jason Alcaraz; Jason Moore; Niki Dun; aaron wieler; Gwyndaf Jones; Kurt Kornbluth; idi-grants@mit.edu; marcus.rafla@gmail.com
Subject: bike ambulance update, w/ pictures

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Hello,
I just received an update from Disacare.  I thought you might be interested to know how the project is going.
Cheers,
Jess

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From: CASSERDY MAGAYA <casserdym@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Nov 3, 2006 3:55 AM
Subject: BICYCLE AMBULANCES
To: Jessica Vechakul <jessvech@gmail.com >
Cc: disacare@zamnet.zm

    Dear Jessica,
 
Thank you for the progress.
 
We finished 23 ambulances for WHO and delivered them on monday this week.They had ordered together with bicycles. They actually bought for the Ministry of health.
We made two to Celdric farms in western province.
Today we are also delivering one ambulance to one of the clinics in within Lusaka.
 
Next week monday we start the order for the minstry of health who also ordered 36 bicycle ambulances, 9 Tricycles, 36 wheelchairs,72 metal crutches and 72 wooded crutches.
 
We are using the fixtures and they are helping speed up the work.
Problem: What I noticed from from the delivered ambulances was that the mudguards were not uniform. As a result one strecther could not fit all frames. I think we need to make some sheet cutting templates and bending jig for the mudguard tube bender.  
 
On some strecthers the sheet which holds the mattress was too curved.As a result in some cases it comes in contact with the main frame instead of the frame of the stretcher.
 
Am sure the loan will help us buy more materials so that we will be able to supply even to those who pay only after delivery
 
Have a look at these photos
 
By for now,
 
Casserdy 


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