Bakhita is a student in Lunsar, Sierra Leone, and is one of the first girls there to own and ride a bike. She uses her bike to get to and from school, and she loves it!  Now she can get to school faster and she misses fewer days of classes.

Thanks, Daryl,  for helping Bakhita with her education and independence!

Dankay is 8 years old and is an orphan. With no mother or father to look after her, she is completely dependent on relatives to provide food, housing and schooling. She is among the first girls to learn to ride a bike in Lunsar, Sierra Leone through the Village Bicycle Project. This bike gives her hope and encouragement to continue her education and believe in herself.

Bikes provide girls with access to school. Daryl, your gift Thanks, Daryl, for your help to get girls on bikes.

Ajaratu is from Lunsar, Sierra Leone. She learned to ride in a VBP workshop just for girls and won the hearts and pride of her village when she took her first spin around the town.  She uses her bike to get too and from school at the Bakhita school.  Thanks so much Kabir for donating her bike!  Ajaratu is pictured here with her friends, second from the right.

This 12 year old boy was among the first boys to receive a bike in Lunsar, Sierra Leone. He uses the bike to travel 4.5 miles to school each way, and loves the status and freedom of owning a bike!   Thanks so much Kabir for your donation!

Thanks Kabir for providing her bike, training, and a smooth road to her future.

Comfort, of Kwaminakrom, in northern Ghana, is a cocoa farmer. She bought a bicycle to get to her farm which is a very long distance from her home. The bike also helps her save money when she goes to market because she no longer uses taxis and rides instead. Comfort has already had to repair a punctured tire, so she believes that the knowledge learned in the VBP repair workshop has been most useful. Thank you Kabir for helping Comfort improve her life!

Beatrice Afrifa is 24 years old and works at a small provision store in the village 3 km from her house.  She uses her bike to reach the market when it is market day. It makes travel faster and saves money. In the repair workshop she  learned to wear light colors at night so that cars will see her and to stay safe.  The bike is making a difference in her life and she thanks Neil for it.

Samuel Akowua is a cocoa farmer whose farm lies about 5 km from his home in Nsuanu in the western region of Ghana.  He travels to his farm on bike and can reach his farm much easier now.  He was saving money from his cocoa harvest to buy a bike.  He thanks Neil for the donation which has improved his work.

Job Amponsah is a cocoa farmer.  He uses his bike to go to and from his farm daily, about 5 km each way. He lives in the remote village of Nkrabea and travels with his bike to the nearest market town which is 6 km away.  He says he is especially happy to have the bicycle because he can attend funerals in Kwamebikrom and Debiso that he normally had to miss due to lack of transportation.

The bicycle has helped him a great deal because his farm is very far from his house and now he is more productive because he has more time to work.  He is definitely saving money because before the bicycle he would have to pay for transportation, equal to about $1.20 per day.  Job learned a great deal during the repair workshop, but so far he has had no problems with his bicycle.

Job thanks Neil for his generous and helpful donation!