When is a bike not just a bike? When it can be something so much more. In Costa Rica some 150 rural communities participate in a microcredit program where they receive bikes that act as seed money for community micro-lending programs. If it weren't for bikes, co-op members like Don Jesus couldn't have access to capital for bettering their farms, businesses or family access to food, water or education.
Changing lives one bike at a time.
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Gerardo received our 100,000th bike donated in 2014. Find out how it has changed his life below.
#Wheel News
05 December 2018
Jesus Mena Martinez is a cattle farmer from Isla Chira. He watched many neighbors and even members of his own family move away in search of a better life filled with unlimited opportunities. While resources may be scarce, life on ...
21 November 2018
Feeding programs, similar to this one in Sierra Leone, are provided through schools to ensure that students receive at least one meal a day especially in the hardest hit months of July and August. Food insecurity affects much of t...
01 December 2018
Meet Woody Woodrich, tired and true volunteer throughout the years. Woody became invaluable to us once we moved into our warehouses in Pentagon City. Woody helped us out by grabbing items left at bike shops over on the Hill which...
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