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The Village Bicycle Project provides donated used bikes, bicycle repair
training and new tools to help bicycles become a sustainable
transportation choice for thousands of people in Africa, where over
99% of the population cannot afford cars.
VBP came about in response to a critical lack of basic reliable and
affordable transportation for millions of Africans. When the only other
choice is walking, bicycles ease poverty by improving access to farms,
markets, jobs, schools, and health care.
In 1999, American David Peckham went to Ghana to study ways to make
bicycles more accessible and Village Bicycle Project was born. Since
then, VBP has provided 31,000 bicycles, included 4,500 people in
bicycle maintenance workshops, and distributed 13,000 tools across 8
African countries.
The Village Bicycle Project has no paid administrative staff, and is a
self-sustaining, non-profit program of Palouse-Clearwater Environmental
Institute. In 2007, over 6000 volunteer hours were donated across the
USA, Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand and Ghana.
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AyamyeA film about Village Bicycle Project toured
15 cities worldwide with the
2007 Bicycle Film Festival
Great Ghana visuals, lovely soundtrack, and a touching story of
how a bicycle can change life in Africa!
Now available on DVD
"Ayamye celebrates the energy of the community and proves that
sustainable solutions to crisis are not always complex." --Eric
Matthies, Ayamye co-producer
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Bike collections for VBP are ongoing in:
Boston* Bikes Not
Bombs
Chicago* and outlying areas including Kenosha Working Bikes Co-operative
Long Island, NY earthfink@aol.com
Moscow, Idaho vbp@pcei.org
Spokane Pedals2People
Seattle Bike Works
Washington DC* and outlying areas including North Carolina Bikes for the World
London and Colchester, England* Re~Cycle
New Zealand Bikes For
Africa
*indicates some bikes collected may go to projects other than VBP
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Seattle Loading
Next Seattle loading set for September 20, 2008.
Contact us at meg@villagebicycleproject.org for details.
We need your help, no experience necessary!
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