Samuel has a busy life and gets more done with his bike!

Samuel is from Ghana and lives at the end of a wretched gravel road 18 km. from the main coastal highway. The road is so bad that taxis won’t go there unless you pay 10 times the standard rate. For several weeks during the rainy season the road is cut off, and travelers must wade through thigh deep mud to transfer from a landlocked car to another car bound for the outside world. The four or five round trips each day are made by minibuses contracted by the town. The lack of transportation means people walk most places they need to go. Thanks to your donation, Samuel received a bicycle and was taught how to take care of it.

Samuel will use his bike to go to his farm, 2½ miles from his home in Princesstown. He grows cassava and palm. He used to sometimes borrow bikes from other people, and travel as far as the first town on the coastal highway, 12 miles away. He is the secretary of his neighborhood, and will also use the bike for meetings and to help with organizing the people. This is his first bike, and he says that maybe he will let others borrow it. Owning a bike saves time and energy for Samuel and his family, and makes life a lot more productive.

Samuel is very thankful for your donation, Pradeep! Thanks for your support of the Village Bicycle Project!