Charity will ride her new bike, and help her neighbors with their bike!

Charity is from the village Tizza, located in the Upper West Region of Ghana, 6 miles from the town Jirapa. 18 women received bicycles in Tizza at a Village Bicycle Project repair workshop. The Tizza women were all leaders of local women’s groups and they were a very dynamic group. Few of the Tizza women are literate, despite their status in the community. They brew pito, a very popular mildly alcoholic beverage made from millet. Many of them are also farmers, growing yams, peanuts, millet, maize, sorghum and guinea corn. The women were extremely enthusiastic about learning and asked lots of questions. Our hope is that they take the skills from the workshop and share them with their respective groups. Normally the women walk to the nearest town, Jirapa, but now they will be able to ride to Jirapa to sell their produce, go to the hospital and buy goods that are not obtainable in Tizza.

Thanks to your donation, Charity received a bicycle and was taught how to take care of it. She showed a knack for mechanics so we invited her to be an assistant instructor at workshops in neighboring villages. She came and worked for us for two days; she even used her new bicycle to Jirapa to meet us in the early mornings!

Owning a bike will make Charity’s life much easier, save her time, money and lots of walking in the hot sun!  Charity is very thankful for your donation, Pooja! Thank you for your support of Village Bicycle Project!