Bikes for the World is teaming up with the Tangier Trippers project and the 212 Society to raise funds to ship an initial 450 bicycles to Darna, a nonprofit serving former street children and women at risk in Tangier, Morocco (Darna means "our house" in Arabic).  The goal of the project is to put homeless children in Morocco on a positive path, via the repair and use of the bicycle.

Bikes shipped to Darna will be incorporated into an existing vocational education program serving children in need, providing the raw material for an expanded program in bike repair.  Those mastering bike mechanic skills will be employed in Darna's own workshop,  providing bikes to the Darna community, or in independnet bicycle sales & service businesses.

Our goal is to make an innitial shipment in the first half of 2009.   

Donations for this project can be made online here , or via mail to Bikes for the World, 3108 17th Street North, Arlingotn VA 22201.