This cost-effective transport device for Western Kenya will provide much needed access to medical services, as well as economic opportunities for communities that have been affected by hiv/aids. The stretcher/trailer ambulances will be manufactured by local community groups using materials found on-location. Bamboo, the primary building material, is available in the region and provides a sustainable source for continued construction. Co-designer Philippa Mennell and I, under the guidance of Design for Development—a Vancouver-based charitable organization—hope to pilot the first five Bambulances in Western Kenya in 2008.