"When I was in primary school, I walked to school every day. Those who were in secondary school used to pass me by on the way on a bicycle. I always dreamed to ride one to school one day myself. Now I am in S4 and I was given the opportunity to aquire a bicycle on credit. I now cycle to school every day, passing many primary school students on the way!" Click here for more information about the Cycle2School project in which Daniel takes part. (Iganga - April 2011)
"My business is selling vegetables. I sell tomatoes, onions and mais, depending of the season. I sell from the local market, which is 4 km from my house. Once a week I go to the market in town (10 km) where prices are higher. The bicycle has helped me so much!" Pheobe Atieno Awino, age 24 (click here to read more about the project in which Pheobe participates.)
This is Hakizimana Jean de Dieu. He is 20 years old and lives in Gakenke, Rwanda. He is one of the people who obtained a bicycle on credit three years ago from our partner organszation in Rwanda. In the past three years, the bicycle has enabled him to earn more money. He uses it in the morning to transport bananas, beans and cassava from his garden to the market, and in the afternoon he rides it as a taxi. Three years ago he lived in a mud house. Now he has managed to build a stone house on his compound. He proudly shows his house to see what he has managed to achieve by using the bicycle for his work. Jean de Dieu is still single. But the women are lining up now that he has managed to build a nice house. (Gakenke - November 2011).
