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Ghana & Sierra Leone

Get People on Bikes, Keep those Bikes Rolling

Village Bicycle Project has four ways we increase bike use in Africa

1. Send donated bikes
2. Teach bike maintenance
3. Support bike mechanics with better tools and spare parts
4. Address the special needs of African women and girls

VBP's programs promote bicycles as useful transportation in regions where bikes have been infrequently used. With the help of Peace Corps Volunteers, we bring bikes, riding and repair workshops to communities and people in need. We also provide tools and parts to keep bikes rolling.

Many Africans walk 2-6 hours a day. Owning a bike saves precious time and energy. Our goal is to give people the tools they need to create a better life.
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VBP has reapir workshops just for girls and women.

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Empedal and Empower!

 

brittany richardsonKadija, Mabinty, Abibatu and Ramatulai learn to ride in Lunsar, Sierra Leone. We know bikes help girls stay in school. Studies show that the longer a girl stays in school the more likely she is to have a higher income and fewer and healthier babies.

brittany richardsonMuch more info on Brittany's blog: www.bisforbicycle.com

  

Teaching Riding, Empowering Girls & Women

While in Sierra Leone in 2009, VBP volunteer Brittany Richardson taught more than 300 youngsters (85% girls) how to ride bicycles. Brittany's work focused in the town of Lunsar and outlying villages.

 We hope to send a container of bikes to Sierra Leone in late 2010. With 500+ bikes, we will lead programs similar to those we offer in Ghana. Brittany's work assures that girls will have a head start.

You can help Sierra Leone girls get bikes!

 $25 will get one bike to a school girl, teach her to ride, and give her basic maintenance awareness. Brittany awarded bikes to enthusiastic girls who must travel as much as seven miles to school and to their family farms.

Donate here to send a bike to a student in Sierra Leone.