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If you are from an organization that would like to make a shipment of bikes to a deserving project, but don't know of a recipient, below are some requests for bicycles that we have received.  You can also contact the organizations currently recycling bicycle and see if you any of their current recipients can absorb additional bicycles.

If you represent an organization that would like to receive bikes (usually used) and would like to be listed on this page, please e-mail us a brief message with the following information and format:

• the name of your organization,
• contact information,
• a description of your organization,
• a description of the bike project including the geographic target area of program,
• recipient group for bikes,
• how many bikes you are looking for,
• whether you have funds to help pay for shipping
• any other information that you think might be helpful to a donor.

Organization Requesting Bicycle

Donors: WE HAVE NOT VETTED THESE ORGANIZATION and ALL THE INFORMATION BELOW IS PROVIDED BY THE REQUESTING ORGANIZATION.  (Unfortunately some people get involved in 'humanitarian' and "religious" endeavors misrepresent their activities.  We encourage donors to thoroughly research the organizations you plan to work with.)

* To prevent email address harvesting and SPAM, the email addresses in this directory are un-hyperlinked and have an extra space in them.  To use the email address: cut-and-paste the address and delete the space before the @ symbol.  For those of you with honorable intentions we are sorry for the inconvenience in communicating with these fine organizations.

Kayenje Church of Uganda Primary School, Kayenji UGANDA. Contact: Wilson Wabalanda (Headteacher), wabalanda @yahoo.com *. Kayenje Primary is a non profit school with enrollment of 857 children with 17 teachers. The school has had volunteer teachers from UK an organization called "Project Trust" who have provided teachers for 3 years. When children and teacher fall sick, they lack transport, the school lacks accommodation within the school compound, teachers come from  5-7 kms on foot. We kindly request you to assist us with at least 30 bicycles to help the teachers and the school at large. (Oct 2012)

Levozy Self Help Group, Dagoretti, Nairobi, KENYA. Email: levozyshg @yahoo.com *. Has a vocational training scheme, targeting the less privileged youth in the surrounding communities.  These bicycles will be used as revolving asset in that after the pass out of students, which normally take one year, the bicycles will be returned to the college to help other new in comers who will be in need of the same. (July 2012)

GambiaHelp, GAMBIA. Internet: www.GambiaHELP.org. Contact: Shelby Tarutis. Email: shelby @GambiaHELP.org  *. Wants bicycles. (May 2012)

Association of Reformed Evangelical Churches of Burkina Faso (AEERB), BP 228 Kongoussi, BURKINA FASO. Contact: Rev KINDA Tegwende Leonard. Email: aeerb1 @yahoo.fr  *.  Tél:+226 4045 9373. (May 2012)

The AEERB is a protestant obedience organization. Created by the beginning of the 70s, is has been recognized by Burkina Faso government in 1986 as a confessional NGO engaged in economic and social development.  The bike project is planned to support community volunteers to go from a village to an other to educate people and to response to the sick and the most vulnerable people. We are looking for:60 bikes for AEERB community volunteers.

Jinja, UGANDA. Contact: Julius Magumba. Email: mag2julius @yahoo.com  *.  Wants bikes for youth organization. (April 2012)

Dolly Foundation, PO Box, AF 25, Assin Fosu, Central Region. GHANA. Contact name: Rosina Akourkor Teye. Email: dollylove201060 @yahoo.com  *.   (Jan 2012)

Dolly Foundation is a women led organization. Main beneficiaries of our work are women and children. Our action areas include health, education and agriculture.  Most of the schools in the community are far from each other and it makes it difficult for children to go to school. Most of the junior high schools are so  far that children attend primary and do not want to continue because of the distance to the junior high school location. We want to encourage education because education is the backbone of every nation. We would like 80 bikes for junior high students. We are liaising with the district education so, if we get the supply the education department will see to the shipment. Helping these children to get transportation means will encourage these children to attend school.

Etete Muslim Community,  PO Box 220, Mumias, Western KENYA.  Contact: Ongoro Ali Mohammed. Email: ongoroali @gmail.com  *.  (Dec 2011)

We are a Muslim organization that is trying to empower the local community who are very poor. We have engaged the youth to go round and educate the local population on how to empower themselves, entrepreneurial skills and teach them also about the HIV and AIDS scourge by approaching it from the religious point of view. Logistically the movement of this facilitators has been very difficult for the organization. We require about 300 bikes so that we can expand our area of influence.

Cameroon League For Development, BP 31332 Biyem Assi Yaounde, Center Region, REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON. Email: camleadngo @gmail.com  *.  +237 994-478-76 / 765-025-20 / 787-920-39 / 961-844-59.  Fax: +237 223-111-84. (Nov 2011)

Cameroon League for Development is a non-political, non-sectarian and non-profit making organization. It’s a humanitarian socio-economic and socio-cultural organization that seeks to redress the plight and empower under-privileged persons, and to promote sustainable and participatory development. Our bicycle project will establish cyclist clubs for youths and train them on cycling. These clubs will participate in different exhibitions and competition where we will also take opportunity to raise awareness on the importance of girls’ education. The project will also conduct outreach and environmental conservation activities with youths through their clubs to promote multinational youth’s integration. This project also intends to promote the use of bikes to reduce school transportation problems for young people especially the underprivileged orphans, increase access of youth to education and bring about social cohesion and solidarity. Especially as we have very hilly roads that some of our youth s in the rural areas must cover on foot in other have access to education. We will need about 400 bicycles. We will try and raise some funds to assist for shipping of the bikes.

Children Care Development Organization, PO Box 1751, Iringa TANZANIA. Majaliwa Mayova Mbogella, Exceutive Director. +255 754 713368. Email: childcaredev @gmail.com  *.  Requesting 500 bicycle for outstanding, orphaned and vulnerable students. (Oct 2011)

Batwa Peoples Development Organisation, P.O Box 35375, Kampala UGANDA. Mugwano Badiru, Project manager, +256 703 968284.  Email: badru25 @gmail.com  *.  Internet: www.bpdo.org.   (July 2011)

This is a community based organisation working with the vulnerable and marginalised minority Batwa people of south western Uganda. The bikes are for the beekeeping project (TBBP). They will target 350 former bee hunters in the districts of Kisoro, Kabale and Kasese so they can inspect their newly acquired bee hives. These people have practiced honey hunting and fruit gathering from the ancient centuries up to now. They have been ignored by the government programmes since they lived in the forests which the government wants to conserve for tourism. We have however managed to lobby for permission from the government to allow them practice beekeeping in the forest since it is also an important tool for the conservation of the environment. The aim of the project is to boost honey production and hence alleviate poverty in this region of Uganda.

The recipients of these bikes will be the real beekeepers of this Batwa community – 85 women and 265 men. We are looking for 300 bicycles because our partner NGO, Prisoners Support Organisation, www.psouganda.org, contributed 50 bicycles to the project.  We can contribute to the shipping costs if we get a donor.

Healthcare Volunteer Uganda (HVU), PO Box 33049, Kampala UGANDA. Contact: Ponny Bukenya. Email: healthcarevolunteer.uganda @gmail.com *.  HUV is an NGO based in central Uganda that provides comprehensive services to orphans and vulnerable children. In addition to health services, health education, and HIV/AIDS sensitization, HVU increases the capacity of orphans and vulnerable children, especially girls, to attend and excel in school.  We are request for bicycles to help us implement the Mubende Reading After Dark Program (MURADAP).  HVU is currently in the process of a long-term project to distribute solar lanterns to over 754 girls in rural villages in Mubende District. Solar lanterns will provide a way for these girls to continue their education after dark, allowing them to read and learn even after the sun sets.  To accompany the solar lanterns and become an integral part of MURADAP, HVU would like to request a donation of bicycles. Increasing access to bicycle would help to solve the transport problem. HVU’s project beneficiaries are between the ages of 6-18, with most of the girls falling between the ages of 8-13. (July 2011)

Grace Children Ministries, INDIA. Contact: Pastor Praveen Ratna Kumar.  Email: gracechildren_ministries @yahoo.com  *. Releasing Children from poverty and Saving Orphan Children in Jesus Name. Now we came here to request you to provide 100 bikes for Children's, Farmer's, Pastors and Evangelists in India. Children are walking many miles to reach their school or college through the rough roads (need 30 bicycles.) Pastors are walking through the mountains and rocks to spread the gospel. lot of time they were attacked by night thief;s after they finished the gospel and coming back to home. they are walking lot of miles every day (need 40 bicycles.) Farmers need a bikes to take all their stuff and sell in the market. they are bring all the stuff on their shoulders and walking a lot of miles,like 5 to 10 to reach the market (need 30 bicycles.) (July 2011)

EDOR Ohrid, MACEDONIA. Our area of work is education and sustainable development. We are interested in accepting the donation of bicycles. Contact: Alexander Velkoski.  Email: acelimpe @gmail.com  *.  (May 2011)

Ministry, Box 161,Lugazi, Buikwe, Central 256, UGANDA.  Contact: Pr. James Kibowe, Email: kiboweja @gmail.com.  We are working with youth groups, women, widows, orphans and the elderly. Our main objective is to reach out to them with the loving grace of JESUS Christ. Therefore the reason to ask is to support rural pastors, youth with 100 bicycles for transport to be able to reach out to other locations with the gospel of JESUS Christ. (Dec 2010)

Orucho Village Community Worship Centre, PO Box 1544, Kisumu, Nyanza 40100. KENYA. Contact: Joseph Peter Onyango. Email: communityworshipcentre08 @gmail.com *. Tel: +254 71 218 9873. "We wish to request 45 bicycles for the most needy youths in this village." (Nov 2010)

Maya Pedal, Calle Del Cemetario, 00173 San Andres Itzapa, Chimaltenango, GUATEMALA. Contact: Efre Luna. Tel: +502 7849-4671.  Email: mayapedal @hotmail.com  *. Internet: www.mayapedal.org (Oct 2010)

Maya Pedal is a Guatemalan NGO based in San Andreas Itzapa. We accept bikes donated from the USA and Canada which we either recondition to sell, or we use the components to build a range of "Bicimaquinas", (pedal powered machines).

Pedal power can be harnessed for countless applications which would otherwise require electricity (which may not be available) or hand power (which is far more effort). Bicimaquinas are easy and enjoyable to use. They can be built using locally available materials and can be easily adapted to suit the needs of local people. They free the user from rising energy costs, can be used anywhere, are easy to maintain, produce no pollution and provide healthy exercise. We make water pumps, grinders, threshers, tile makers, nut shellers, blenders (for making soaps and shampoos as well as food products), trikes, trailers and more.

We target anyone living or working in the western Guatemalan highlands, from our local community in San Andres Itzapa to the larger cities of Antigua, Chimaltenango, and the areas around Lago de Atitlan. The people of San Andres Itzapa are the greatest beneficiaries of our reconditioned bicycles, the profits of which go towards the creation of bicimaquinas. Anyone in Guatemala who requests a bicimaquina will be receive one. The cost of a bicimaquina only covers its production-- we don't look to make a profit from this endeavor.

We are looking for 450 to 500 bicycles, although we will accept any number (500 is our maximum).  We are able to contribute US $3,000 for shipping costs

Other information: We are currently in a crisis in terms of bicycles. We are very short on bikes and the ones we have are of very poor quality, rusted and old and not fit for use as a bicycle or even a bicimaquina. This organization has been in existence for 13 years but if we don't receive more bicycles soon we may have to close our doors indefinitely. The bicycles that we receive will either go to families who can't afford one otherwise, or towards the advancement of green technology and healthy people everywhere.

Deeper Life Bible Church, Moshi TANZANIA Email: deeperlifemoshi @yahoo.com  *.  Internet: www.dlcyc.org (Oct 2010)

"We are requesting the donation of 100 used bicycles for our Children & Youth Center. We have a Center for Underprivileged children of about 270 with 100 workers and Pastors. We sponsor these children and youths with social, medical, spiritual and educational help as we can by God's grace. For effective follow-up and care we need this kind of transport to help us since they stay in their homes which are at far distance in different directions."

Ndibwami Integrated Rescue Project (NIRP), Plot 10, Grant Street Former Centenary Bank Building,  P.O BOX 691, Masaka,  UGANDA. Contact: Dr. Nabunje Immaculate Sabatini,  Executive Director.  Tel: +256773779423. Email: nirpproject @yahoo.com  *. (Sept 2010)

"Currently NIRP's core programs include HIV/AIDS counselling, Medical care, Social support, Community training and capacity building, AIDS Education and community mobilization, and Advocacy and networking.

"We are requesting 160 bicycles. The bike project will benefit all community workers within the operational area of Masaka, Rakai, Kalungu, Ssembabule, Kalangala and Bukomansimbi districts in Central Uganda. The operational area is a gentle undulating geography with a few hilly areas. This kind of geography favours the use of the bikes very well. The bike project will enable community workers perform their duties of caring for the sick and routine visits to beneficiaries’ families will be promoted."

Action for Child Development Trust, Kakamega County, KENYA.  Contact: Robert Namunyu, ACDT chairman. Email: rwaron @yahoo.com  *. (Sept 2010)

Works to bring improved quality of life to children, women and citizens. 130 girls and 120 boys in Bunyala West Location, Navakholo Division, Kakamega County, are frequently absent from school because they are day students, their homes are far away from the secondary schools. They are now in danger of dropping out of school, learning less in school and performing poorly in national examination. A donation of 250 bikes will enable the students who are in five secondary schools to travel and arrive in school on time and they will have enough time to study at home and in school since they will save time on walking. The community and ACDT will be willing to help with shipment costs.

Kiuta Day Secondary School, PO Box 188, Newala, Mtwara, TANZANIA. Contact: Claire Thomas . Email: claire.m.thomas @gmail.com  *. (Aug 2010)

"Kiuta Day is a rural secondary school in the southern most region of the country. The school has approximately 300 students, most of which come from very modest means. The catchment area for the school is quite large and many students have bikes to make the long trip. However, a number of students can not afford a bicycle and make a 2 hour journey on foot to arrive at school each day. Our hope is that we establish a bike borrowing program with 20 used bikes for the students furthest from school. The students would be responsible for maintenance of the bicycle and would be held accountable until it was returned at the end of the school year."

Tanzafya Medical Foundation, PO Box 3115, Mwanza, TANZANIA. Contact: Kogoya Ledinius, CEO. Email: tanzafya_medfond @yahoo.com  *.  Would like 400 bicycles for a street kids bicycle program. (June 2010)

Uganda Children's Burden Centre , PO Box 36166, Kampala, UGANDA. Contact: Ronald Kezimbira Kyobe, Ex-Director. Email: ronald @childrensburdencentre.org *.  Internet: www.childrensburdencentre.org.  Would like 100 bicycles for out reach home based care programs to HIV/Aids patients and also in adolescent health program. (March 2010)

Busaruhilfe-Uganda, PO Box 1228, Bundibugyo, UGANDA.  Contact: Fr. Francis Muchocho Araali, Director. Email: fmuchocho @yahoo.com *. A community based organization dealing with education, agriculture and health issues in Busaru, western Uganda. "We request 100 bikes to serve a population of 14.000 people in Busaru who lack reliable means of transport." (March 2010)

FESODEV, PO Box 32184, Blantyre 3, MALAWI. Contact: Rev. John Chirwa. Email: cjesupower @aol.com *. Tel: +265 0999 291118.  "We needs 500 bicycles. We are an NGO that undertakes humanitarian projects. We need bicycles to used as ambulances." (Jan 2010)

United Christian Youth Care Program, PO Box 161, Lugazi, Mukono, UGANDA. Contact: Christopher Ssebowa, cssebowa @yahoo.com *.  Tel: +256 774 659589. Our focus is to encourage youth to work together for sustainable livelihood programs. We work with over 800 youth in Mukono district. However, our major challenge the mobility to mobilise and transport some of our agriculture products. It is therefore upon this that we write to your organization to help us with 100 bicycles which will help in this acute need. (Jan 2010)

Youth Association of the Department of Léo (AJDL), BP: 186 Léo, BURKINA FASO. Tel: +226 70 36 83 11. Email: ajdlburkina @yahoo.fr *. Internet: http://www.ajdlburkinafaso.org. Requesting bicycles to improve their outreach programs. (Dec 2009)

Adopt A Child Save A Child Network, 175 MC, Nkayi, Box 209, Nkayi, Mat North 263, ZIMBABWE. Contact: Preacherd Donga. preacherd.donga @wfp.org *. (Oct 2009)

Pillars of Hope (Njoro), c/o Kenneth Njoroge, PO Box 3474 Nakuru, KENYA. Contact: Weru Kinyanjui Benard. Email: njuinyaki @yahoo.com *.  Tel: +254 72 695 951.

HOPE OFIRIHA (Sudan). Contact: William Logai Ochieng, Projects Coordinator. E-mail: william.ochieng @ofiriha.org *. Internet: http://ofiriha.org.  Tel: +47 47 44 51 59.

Notre Dame High School, PO Box 226, Masaka, UGANDA. Contact: Christopher Wamala, ndhschool89 @yahoo.co.uk *.  "Over time, we would like to obtain about 50 bikes to use as a revolving bike library for students -- although we would be happy to start with a smaller number. We are unable to pay international shipping costs, but are confident we can meet import taxes and local transport costs within Uganda." (March 2009)

Cameroon Youth Club on Leisure Education (C.Y.C.L.E.), Kumba, CAMEROON.  Contact: Ayuk Ogok, ayuk44 @yahoo.com *. We plan to set up a program for 70 young deaf students to ride and race cycling with specific training program for safety guidelines, environment, healthy lifestyle and 8 weeks course teaching by through bicycle coordinator and instructors. (March 2009)

Community Based Initiative for Rural Development (CBIRD), C/o Box 643, Masaka, UGANDA.  Contact: Jude Muleke. Email: judemuleke @yahoo.com, ifordnosa @yahoo.com *. We would like bicycle help to facilitate the work we do in the rural areas of Masaka district in Uganda.  We are a new rural based initiative who work to build capacity for the rural communities, improve education (primary) and do research on rural schools (primary). Our problem is transport. (March 2009)

ChildHelp Sierra Leone, 48 Wellington St, Freetown W 02222, SIERRA LEONE. Contact: Kaprie J G Thoronka. Email: childhelpsierraleone @gmail.com *. Internet: www.helpachildinafrica.org.  Need bikes for students walking long distances to school in rural communities. (March  2009)

ACDIPE Child Rights Monitoring Unit, PO Box 22598, Kampala, UGANDA. Contact: George Ntambi. Email: acdipe @yahoo.com *. "Our project, “Enhancing Child Rights Monitoring at the Community Level”, seeking 165 bicycles donation.. The objective of the project is to enhance child rights monitoring mechanisms in 15 communities in 3 counties. The project will be implemented by ACDIPE and her local partners in these communities.  We believe that the project will enhance the protection of children in Uganda and reduce the level of child rights abuses in these communities. The project has potential for replication in other communities in Uganda." (January 2009)

Tropical Health Foundation (THF) is a non-governmental organization. The mission of THF is to alleviate the public health problems facing Africans, particularly vulnerable women and children. To spearhead the campaign on women's rights, gender equality and to speak against traditional practices affecting women.

"Zero Walk Bikes Project" is to provide bicycles to children and women from rural communities who walk long distances to schools and farms respectively. The beneficiaries community chosen for this project is the Komenda Edina Aguafo Abrem Communities in the Central Region where children and women walk 5-7 miles before they get to their schools and farms respectively. The number of bikes requested is between 800-1000. THF is prepared to pay for half of the total cost of shipping.

Tukum Amorubulle Health Care Initiative, Box 371, Soroti, UGANDA.  Contact: Robert Otai, rotai @pepsi-cola.co.ug *. "Bicycle will go along way in helping our rural poor communities to reduce poverty and create individual incomes." (Sept 2008).

Kenya Child and Family Develpoment Organization KECFADO, PO Box 139, Usenge 40609,  Bondo District, Nyanza Prov., KENYA. Contact: Christine Onimbo, kecfado @yahoo.com *. Since 1996  (Jan 2008)

"The program will involve group training on road safety and bicycle repair and mechanics.   From Christian religion perspective, we  will also create awareness on HIV/AIDS as opposed to the target community^s  belief that HIV/AIDS is a curse (chira) . The program will target Nyanza province which borders lake Victoria and all islands  within the province. Nyanza Province has population of three million people.  Their main work are fishing and farming

"The groups that will be trained on the mechanics of bicycle repair will be able to open repair shops that will serve the people in the communities.  Committees will be formed at grass root level to help in monitoring and evaluating the program. Bike recipients will pay about $10 for a bike to raise money for future shipping and activities of the program . To determine the impact of the Program we shall be requesting our donors to come and see the progress of the project, at least once a year to share with us our success and shortcomings. This will help to put things right for the success of the program.

"We are requesting a container of bikes at this time and we can contribute $1000 towards the shipping cost of the bicycles."  (Aug 2005)

Rural Organization for Social Education and Development (ROSED), 3/369, Valluvar Nagar, Thandalai Puthur (Post), Musiri Tk., Trichy Dt-621 217 TN, South INDIA.  Contact: MPK Durairaj.  E-mail: rosed1999 @rediffmail.com or rosed1999 @gmail.com *.  Ten bikes are requested for transport for the teacher for a free after school tutoring programs. (March 2008)

Santrokofi/Akpafu Area Council, PO Box 405, Hohoe, Volta Region, GHANA.  Contact: John Reagan Tepretu.  Emial: yawotepretu @consultant.com *. (October 2007)

"I have 375 members of the unit committees working under me. Our area covers 120 square kilometers. The land surface is very rugged with a mountainous topography. Working in this area is extremely difficult. Our members do a lot of hard work walking between 12-26 kilometers a day but achieve very little. The only means of transport is the bicycle but is difficult to acquire. We will humbly plead with your organization to consider our plight and donate some bicycles to us for our work to achieve very good result to enable our people improve their living conditions.

"We are actually involved in HIV/AIDS education. family planning education information dissemination on agro-inputs usage, environmental conservation methods, peace building community self-help projects initiatives and others in order to polish the skills and empower our community people to improve their way of life."

Better Life Organization (BELO), PO Box 124, Kadjebi-Akan, Volta-Region, GHANA. Contact: Rev. Jacob Asoggonnde. E-mail: belogh @yahoo.com *. (October 2007)

"The bike project is to enable our rural dwellers especially girls who have to walk each morning and afternoon for more than 9- 12 Kilometers to schools to have a big relief , and be able to attend school regularly and on time, this situation has a negative impact on our girls and their academic performance, The bikes will be given free of changed to beneficiaries all of them girls, they parents will be bonded to repair and maintain bikes for their wards as a condition for their wards to benefit. Very poor girls will be assisted once every quarter to maintain their bikes. We are requesting 350 bikes."

Associacion Chretienne Interdenominationelle du Cameroun (ACIC), Yaounde, CAMEROON.  Contact: Mithilde Yamande.  Email: yamandemathilde @yahoo.com *. (July 2007)

"We specialize in working with disadvantaged men and women in rural areas in Cameroon. We are the oldest and largest federation or association involved in assisting men and women who are trapped in poverty. Our volunteers and trainees are constantly in the villages seeking to improve the effectiveness of Aids prevention in rural communities nationwide Would you please help us in getting a container of bikes for our association in Cameroon Central Africa."

Menegai Women Self-Help Group, Menegai, KENYA. Contact: Raul Alberto Caceres. Email: totocol @yahoo.com *. Internet: http://www.nabuur.com/modules/villages_issues/index.php?villageid=408.  Requesting 32 bicycle to help families with the transport of milk from small-holder farms to collection stations. Could also accept donation to buy local bikes. (March 2007)

Pastor Jonathan Kyando, PO Box 3640 Mwanjelwa-Mbeya, TANZANIA. Email: jskyando @yahoo.com *. (March 2008)

"We are dealing with orphans, widows and planting gospel to rural areas ,as well planting churches, I believe you can help to get at least 800 bicycles for the pastors in rural areas, and widows and orphans, just to simplify the problem of transportation, we are in the mountain areas, the bike with gears will be the best solution to our organization."

Empowerment of Self-Employed Women and Youth, Box 63229, Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. Tel: +255 71-356 8824.  Contant: Prosper Nyaki, Project Coordinator.  Email: masnyaki @yahoo.com *.  Requesting 750 bicycles. (Dec 2006)

"We are doing repairing and maintenance of bicycles.  Our goals:

• Creating self  employment  among ourselves (women and youths)
• Distribute them to groups needing bicycles as cheap means of transport, especially school children and HIV attendants in the rural area as consignment at affordable price.

"We  use of bicycle as cheap means of transport and environmental friend."

Uganda Youth and Women Association, PO Box 21918, Kampala, UGANDA. Tel +256 75 2477442. Contact: Chandi Robert, Coordinator. Email: youthandwomenassociation @yahoo.com *.

"We have an orphanage. We kindly request 60 bikes for transport to school for the orphans. We have no money for shipping." (Oct 2006)

Rural Depressed Welfare Association (RDWA), Melkachirapattu Village, Meyyur Post 606 753, Tiruvannamalai Taluk & District, Tamil Nadu, INDIA. (Sept 2006)

"Involved in development activities, particularly health, education, environment, and income generation, for the welfare of rural poor in and around the remote villages of our district.

"We request bicycles (fresh or second ones)...to increase rural production and to promote bicycle transportation."

African Network For Prevention And Protection Against Child Abuse And Neglect, Broad/Johnson Streets, Monrovia, LIBERIA. Contact: Clement O. Stephens, anppcan.liberia @yahoo.com *.

"Our project, “Enhancing Child Rights Monitoring at the Community Level”, is seeking 165 bicycles donation. The objective of the project is to enhance child rights monitoring mechanisms in 15 communities in 3 counties. The project will be implemented by ANPPCAN and her local partners in these communities." (Aug 2006)

Key Farmers Cameroon, PO Box 360, Kumba, Meme Division, Southwest Province, CAMEROON. Contact: Etchi Daniel Jones. Internet: www.keyfarmers.org.

"KEY FARMERS is an umbrella organization of 50 autonomous groups and 1,200 members. Members come from 25 different villages.  Our main activities are crop and animal husbandry, gender, HIV & AIDS education, agro-forestry, agro-tourism, etc. We would like grant to assist us buy bicycles for our group members who are rural women who lack transport means to convey their food to nearby village markets. We are appealing for a bicycle grant for the purchase of 30 bicycles to assist 10 women farmer groups made up of young girls ranging from 15 to 20 years of age." (Aug 2006)

National Holy Ghost Church of Christ International, PO Box 456, Gwagwalada, Abuja, NIGERIA.  Contact: Pastor Victor Orji.  Email: nhgccgwagwalada @bornagain.com *.

"Our evangelical team needs Bicycle for following reasons:

1. For mobility,
2. To help some members who come to church from far places,
3. To reduce poverty in the land." (July 2006)

Volontaires Afrique Développement (VAD), 05 BP 274, Cotonou BENIN. Contact: George D Lawson. Email: vadoffice @yahoo.fr *. Requesting 1500-2000 bikes per year.

"Volunteers Afrique Developpement (VAD) is a none profit organization for development, working with the poorest social strata.  The major aims of “VAD” are:

• To fight against poverty
• To protect the environment and
• To promote the youth education.

"With the major  aim to help the poor communities which  are in a critical situation for transport, VAD has elaborated a program of the use of renewed bikes for specific group." (April 2006)

Emergency Communities, 7718 W. Judge Perez Dr., Arabi, LA 70032 USA. Tel: 917-442-8900. Email: Emergency.Comunities @gmail.com *.  Internet: http://www.emergencycommunities.org/

"We provide relief in St Bernard Parish, one of the hardest hit areas by Hurricane Katrina.  We run a bike co-op which originally went and collected flood bikes that had been thrown away and rebuilt them but there is only so many and after week after week of trying to convince the Finance Coordinator to buy the necessary parts like tubes, chains, lube, cables, brake pads, bearings, tools etc. to no avail we decided to make a plea to all who love bikes.  We think everyone should have the ability to use a bike and most people here either lost everything and have no money or are volunteers and have little financial income." (April 2006)

Action Pour le Developpement Rural et d’Aide Humanitaire (ADRAH), Rue des Tourterelles Tokoin, BP 80175, Lome, TOGO. Contact: Ameyo Bruce, adrah_togo @yahoo.fr *. 

"ADRAH focuses on three village, Klikame', Badzi and Agome'glozou, in Prefecture d'Afagnan, 80km form Lome.  They are requesting 840 bikes for women and school girls and boys.  They have money to contribute to the shipping of the container. There goal is for an expanding program." (Jan 2006).

Terre Nouvelle Togo, Rue des Tourterelles, Tokoin-Habitat, BP : 80175, Lome TOGO Tel: +228 948-6172 / 902- 9958. Fax: +228 221-0338. Email: novaterra_tg @yahoo.fr *. Internet: www.terrenouvelle.kabissa.org/.  References: Miss Melanie Edwards, Professor in Stanford, melanie.edwards @stanford.edu * and Pierre D. AKPAWU, her collaborator, dagbevi @gemail.com *.  Requesting 100 bikes. (April 2006)

"Terre Nouvelle, is a youth-led NGO, based in Lomé with mission to: mobilise youth action for sustainable development, for they are beneficiaries or victims of today's decisions.

"Our projects involve environmental education, peace education, young girls and boys literacy, AIDS awareness campaigns, ICT education for youth, support program for students and school-girls and boys in financial difficulties, climate change campaign,  promoting biodiversity, protecting rural communities, promoting fresh water and sanitation."

Center for Community Initiatives, PO Box 1230, Dodoma, TANZANIA. Contact: Tim Ndezi, cci_tz @yahoo.com *. 

"We requests 20 bicycles for our HIV/AIDS volunteers."

Moriel Missions, PO Box 93, Mbarali Mbeya, TANZANIA. Contact: Paul Weruma, morielmissions @yahoo.com * or Norbert Mbwiliza, moriel.missions @yahoo.com *.  Moriel Missions Tanzania is an evangelical mission working in Tanzania. The organization is working with various groups such as Kituo cha Kulelea Watoto Yatima Huruma. They we are requesting 5420 bicycles annually to increase the mobility of their missionaries.

Sources of Hope Ministries, UGANDA. Contact: Pastor Alex Lubinga, lubingaalex @yahoo.com *.

"A non government organisation working with orphans.  We have about 345 children and our main problems is transportation of field workers and teachers, we are kindly request your organisation to help us 20 bikes." (Feb 2006)

Christian Vision Ministry, PO Box 169, Kayanga, TANZANIA. Contact: Rev Jonathan Mulokozi, jmulokozi2000 @yahoo.com, www.Christianvisionministry.org . Requests bikes for missionary work.

"We are focus on:

1. Crusade  Gospel,
2. Grants for poor community, Irrigation water Agriculture, Friesian cows, for Farmers, small Business,
3. Open Bible School;
4. Vocation Training school,
5. Intermediate. Technology,  etc
6. Transport  support." (Mar 2006)

Otia Development Foundation, PO Box 867, Otukpo, Benue State, NIGERIA.  Email: otiadevfound @yahoo.com.  Tel: 044-660212.  Contact person: Sunday A. Onyilokwu (Pres.)  Requesting bikes to support their program to enhance transport for small scale farmers. (Jan 2006)

YICODO Ministries (Youth Initiatives for Community   Development and Outreach), PO Box 43552-00100 GPO, Nairobi, KENYA. E-mail: yicodo2005 @yahoo.com   Tel: +254 725 749 620. Contact person: Henry Okullu Akendo (Project Director)

"YICODO is a non profit making Community Based Organisation.  We envision a society that is free from all sorts of social evils and economic overdependence.  Our mission is to improve the quality of life of our people by promoting their socio-economic welfare.

"Our planned activities: Promoting self reliance amongst the local youth, by initiating income generating activities.  Currently, we have began a bicycle transportation project, whereby the local youths transport people for some little pay, which becomes a source of income for them.

"We would appreciate if one would buy into any of the above programmes, that would be of best interest to their operations." (Dec 2005)

School for Orphans and Street Kids (SOSK), Sosk Community School, c/o Nkolonga Basic School, PO Box 840020, Mkushi, ZAMBIA. Tel: +260 97 105 990. E-mail: soskorphans @yahoo.co.uk *. The number of bicycles we are to be donated or buy to cater for orphans, vulnerable children and the women is 153 bikes. (Dec 2005)

"SOSK, a non-governmental organisation, was formed 1997, to help the vulnerable children aged between 10 and 16 years that are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS and poverty.  It now serves over 450 children.

"We at SOSK provide life long skills training to the orphans and vulnerable children. We appealing to you so that we can include bicycles in our skills training. Since bicycles are the main form of transport here the youth after acquiring the appropriate skills in bicycle repair, would engage themselves economically in repairing bicycles in the community."

Community Initiative Programme, #1 ECOWAS Street, PMB 921, Freetown, SIERRA LEONE. Tel: +232 76 710651. Email: ciprogramme @yahoo.com *.  Requests bicycle to enhance activities in rural communities in the following sectors: HIV/AIDS awareness, education, marketing agricultural commodities and reintegration of war widows and ex-combatants. (Sept 2005)

Neko Tech Center Ride for Freedom Project, PO Box 7, Tema, GHANA. Contact: Ofei Okraku, nekotech1 @yahoo.com, nekoada @yahoo.com *. Target: AIDS Orphans and needy boys and girls. Since 2002. Have funds to contribute to shipping. (Aug 2005)

Development Action Group (DAG), P.O.Box HP 667, Ho, Volta Region, GHANA. Contact: Kenneth Akar. (President), kenakaar @yahoo.co.uk (Nov 2005). Wants used bicycle for primary health care extension project.

West Africa Action Group for Children, Youth and Aged, 428 Legato Terrace, Silver Spring MD 20901. Contact: Duni Jones, sehi @erols.com*. Working in SIERRA LEONE. They are requesting 50 bikes for youth in Sierra Leone. They have $1500 to contribute to the cost of shipping. Since 2003.  (Aug 2005)

VIAGENCO, Box 0, Mbita, 40305, Kisumu, KENYA. Contact: Michael O. Kowuor, Programme coordinator. mokowuor @yahoo.com *.

"Our organization is caring and supporting poor and disabled persons in rural community, in Saba District.  We would like to assist the children heading their families through providing bicycles. We need 20 bicycles." (Aug 2005)

Friends of the Needy & Local Environment (FRINELE), PO Box 11257, Dar Es Salaam, TANZANIA. Contact: Florent Paul Mtobwa, Exec. Director, frinelelumumba @yahoo.co.uk *.  Full proposal.

"The project intends to promote the uses of bikes in order to solve the transportation problems, air and noise pollution, youth unemployment as well as forging social cohesion and community solidarity in our country.

"The recipients are community health workers (doctors & nurses), school teachers, students from poor families, social workers, villages and wards leaders, local security groups, rural farmers and other low-income inhabitants.

"We request 550 Bikes whose types ranges from Adult Mountain/hybrid, Adult touring (5, 10, 12 speeds), other adult and BMX/children." (Aug 2005).

Omalur Block Women Welfare Uplift Organization, 11/9 Telephone Exchange Rd, Omalur - PO  Salem dt.636455, Tamil Nadu, INDIA.  Contact: K Saroja Krishnamurthy, Pres., evergreen_22333 @yahoo.com *.

"Non profitable organization working for the welfare of rural women and children since 1991. Our programme is empowerment of women also development of health for adolescent girls. Our field staff works in entire Salem district. We would like five bikes." (Aug 2005)

Men of Vision Ministry, PO Box 32379, Lusaka, ZAMBIA. Contact: Harry Tembo, hctembo @yahoo.com *.

"Interdenominational Christian organisation run by volunteers, that helps to equip Pastors and other leaders in peri-urban and rural areas. They help set up churches in very remote areas and look for support of various kinds for the pastors who volunteer to work in such areas. One of the major problems encountered in transport -- the most convenient means of transport if bicycles. The need about 60 bicycles and have some money to contribute towards shipping." (Aug 2005)

Tombe Adventist Youth Fellowship, PO Box 4037, Kisii-40200, KENYA. Contact: Ronald B Nyabinge, ronald_nyabinge @yahoo.com *. We need atleast 15 bicycles for our evangelism work

New Life Children's Centres Outreach Ministries, 71 C off Bia Burch Rd, Kissy, Quarry, Freetown, SIERRA LEONE. Contact: Pastor Sulaiman M. Jalloh. nicc_on @yahoo.co.uk *. Needs bikes for teachers and children. Has funds for the shipping of a 20 or 40 foot container. (June 2005)

Association des Eleveurs-Agriculteurs de Bushagire, BP 2129, Bukavu, CONGO, via Cyangugu RWANDA.. Contact: Gilbert B Walumona, gilbert_walu @yahoo.fr *. (Sept 2004).

Firefly Brigade, 313 J.P. Rizal Street, Sta Elena, Marikina 1801 PHILIPPINES. blinking_fireflies @yahoo.com *. Since 1999. (Sept 2004)

EDC/RTI - Tanzania, PO Box 8595, Dar Es Salaam, TANZANIA. Contact: Suzanne Simard, ssimard @edc.org *. (Sept 2004).

AGAD, Contonou, BENIN. Contact: Victorine Kingbo, ladoge_dg @yahoo.fr *. (Sept 2004).

Club Anti-Sida de Badou (CASIBA), BP 21, Badou, Pref de Wawa, TOGO. Contact: Assem Sename Dodzi, edamassem @yahoo.com *.

Bibbo Women's Association in Development, PO Box 8162, Kampala, UGANDA. Tel: +256 77-806688. Bicycles to be used to help get produce to market. (Dec 2003)

Matungu Rural Community Initiatives Group, PO Box 491, Mumias, Matungu, KENYA.  Bicycles for employment transportation project. (Dec 2003)

Tanzania Forum Group, PO Box 5321, Dar Es Salaam, TANZANIA. Contact: Adam Msenga, msengaa @hotmail.com *. (July 2001)

Asafo Marginalised Development Concern, PO Box 3228, Accra, GHANA. Contact: Isaac Boti, serlom711 @yahoo.com *. (Dec 2001)

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