Wheels4Life Stories
For us bicycles are recreational equipment, but for some people a bicycle can mean survival — the difference between having a job or not, going to school or not, seeing a doctor or not…
Here are some of those people's stories about how a bike has changed their life
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- CBIRD Uganda Project report
- 01/18/10 — Below is a report from one of our partners in Uganda’s Masaka District, to read more click on header above: COMMUNITY BASED INITIATIVE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT CBIRD P o box 643 Masaka, Uganda REPORT TO WHEELS4LIFE Background to … More »
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- Costa Rica Project
- 07/13/09 — Guanaride and Wheels4Life donate fifteen new bikes in Costa Rica “Thank you Manuel Bustelo, and the folks from the Guanaride Race in Costa Rica and DHL Costa Rica for making this project real” The seventh Guanaride edition took place between the 24th … More »
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- Fish 4 Kenya' Project in Kakamega
- 04/27/09 — April 2009W4L partner “Fish 4 Kenya” projectLast year I was contacted by Susan Thompson,a fisheries management biologist based in Yukon Canada, Susan wanted to apply for bicycles for a community she works with in Kenya. Susan’s work as a fisheries … More »
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- Tanzania Trip #2
- 02/12/09 — Tanzania Trip #2 Aug. ‘08 Insights, Accomplishments and Things to do Evaluation of Bikes distributed in Jan/Feb. ‘08 Distribution of 40 bikes summer ‘08 Bike Shops: Plans to open two bike shops in Feb.‘09 Amielli near Nyotastar with containerJoseph in … More »
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- Meet The Recipients of Bikes in Tanzania
- 04/26/08 — We recently delivered a number of bikes, in person, to people living in Tanzania. The delivery was part of our ongoing Wheels 4 Villages project. The culture here is such that many people within the community are more than happy … More »
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- Bike Recipients from Kenya
- 09/05/07 — SET APART KENYA – Bicycles Report.Helping Children, Youth, Women, Self Help and Community ProjectsDear Hans,Receive greetings from Kenya. First I would like to apologize for the delay of the report this is because I have been involved in other activities … More »
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- UN Equator Initiative
- 06/08/07 — Wheels 4 Life is working on a partnership with the Equator Initiative, a project of the UNITED NATIONS Development Programme (www.undp.org) and other partners (www.equatorinitiative.org).The United Nations Development Programme Equator Initiative team will help us identify communities along the equator … More »
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- Stories From Madagascar
- 02/11/07 — Here are some background stories from the people who received bikes as part of our project in Madagascar JEAN PHILEMON ZOTONANTENAINAHe is responsible for 5 villages as inspector of proper disposal of butchery entrails of cows. He will use the … More »
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- Letters From Wheels4Life Bike Recipients in Ghana
- 02/08/07 — Wheels4Life bicycles to the Neko Tech Centre’s Health Care Project, which will reach out to villages to educate residents on a number of issues, including economics, HIV, Family Planning, Health, environmental & agricultural matters. Here are letters from some of … More »
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- Woodcarver in Madagascar receives bike from W4L
- 02/05/07 — Dear Hans, Peace! The good news is that your Wheels4Life project is very much welcomed by the Malagasy people. To date I have already awarded 14 bicycles to deserving persons and I tried to reach the provinces as well. I … More »
