In remote areas of Africa, malaria is often not diagnosed quickly enough and in some cases can kill a young patient in less than 24 hours. Rapid response to the disease is the key to saving lives. The drug artesunate, which slows the rate the disease affects a patient, is now offered as a suppository that can be administered by a health care worker. Through the use of bike ambulances, patients can then be transported to hospitals faster for further treatment.
Changing lives one bike at a time.
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Beating Malaria
Gerardo received our 100,000th bike donated in 2014. Find out how it has changed his life below.
#Wheel News
14 May 2019
Isata is going places. Fast. And the bike is taking her there. Isata is one of only a few female bike mechanics in all of Sierra Leone. Isata was introduced to bikes in school when she first started riding as a...
08 May 2019
In Sierra Leone, especially in rural areas, schools are spread out making the commute for students long and tiresome. For some families this hardship can put graduation out of reach. It is not usual to find a student wh...
01 May 2019
Gordon Johnson coasted into our coveted 1k Club as of last year, but we still haven't gotten around to properly inducting him yet! And depending on whether you use 'new' math or 'old' numbers this honor is well over...
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