Bikes donated in the UK can keep changing lives long after they leave our warehouse. Re-Cycle Director Charlotte and Bicycle Mechanic Marc recently travelled to Ghana to see this for themselves, visiting our long-standing partner, Village Bicycle Project (VBP).
They visited two schools where VBP has provided bicycles to the students with the longest journeys to school, helping them get to lessons more easily and spend less time travelling each day. They met the students and saw how bikes originally donated in the UK are transforming daily life.
Kranka Roman Catholic Junior High and Primary School
Our first visit was to Kranka Roman Catholic Junior High and Primary School, where VBP has provided bikes to students who face the longest journeys to school. Here we met Effah.
Alataline D/A Primary School
After half an hour on a dirt track from the main road, we reached a small, remote community with a school at the end of the road.
When we arrived, some of the children were missing. We soon found out why: they had cycled to the local river to collect drinking water, because the school’s borehole had been broken for two years.
Once the children returned, we were greeted by a sea of orange bikes!
Bikes that keep on giving
These stories show how bikes donated in the UK can make a difference long after they leave our warehouse.
Thank you to Center Parcs, Village Bicycle Project and the students who took part in the programmes.
Together, you’re helping children get to school, spend less time travelling and support their families.
