BEN S. Africa Shipping Party Today at 10 AM
We will be filling another container with bikes, etc., this one bound for The Bicycle Empowerment Network (BEN) in Cape Town, South Africa ...
To join in and help with loading, come along to Working Bikes at 2434 S. Western Avenue in Pilsen, from 10am until we're done - perhaps around 4pm?
El Salvador (CESTA) Shipping Party
512 Used Bicycles of which 379 were adult bikes and 133 were child bikes.
27 extra used wheels
15 boxes of used parts (without the boxes).
We will load 500 bicycles for the Centro Salvadoreño de Tecnologia Apropiada (CESTA), Friends of the Earth El Salvador.
The majority of these bicycles were provided by the Campus Bike Project of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
PSO, Uganda, Shipping Party
We had got over 400 bikes (317 adult MTBs & 110 children's bikes) and lots of spare parts into the container when I left, and there was still room for a few more!
We are filling a container to ship bikes to the Prisoner Support Organization in Uganda on Easter Saturday.
Check here & here for information on previous successful shipments to this partner in May & October 2010, here for the container we sent in May & here for the container we sent in November 2011, then here for pictures of the arrival and unpacking of a container bikes in Uganda.
V.B.P., Ghana, Shipping Party
THANK YOU!! To all of the wonderful folks who came through in the bitter cold & packed up 435 BIKES for our friends at the Village Bicycle Project in Ghana.
We loaded on one of the coldest days of the year. In the late afternoon the sun hit the top of the container so we got a little relief. We only get summer sun and winter wind during our loading parties.
364 semi disassembled adult bicycles
71 semi disassembled children's bicycles
Shared (mini) shipment to Nigeria
We will do a joint shipment to Nigeria today with Share Your Soles.
The location is 5623 W. 115th in Alsip. Our hand-off of the bikes will take place at 1pm. There may be press there.
We will contribute 30 bicycles to teachers in a village in Nigeria.
Please phone Lee if you need directions at 312/371-4286.
B.E.N., Cape Town, Shipping Party
81 used children's bicycles
376 used adult bicycles
57 used tires
45 used wheels
5 boxes of used parts
457 used bicycles total
This shipping party has now been rescheduled: Wednesday December 7th ...
We will be filling another container with bikes, etc., this one bound for The Bicycle Empowerment Network (BEN) in Cape Town, South Africa ...
The location will be at the Working Bikes Warehouse at 2434 S. Western Avenue in Pilsen, from 10am until we're done - perhaps around 4pm?
PSO, Uganda, Shipping Party (On Schedule!)
We got 355 adult bikes, including over 200 MTBs, and 101 children's bike into the container that is now winging it's way towards Uganda!
IT IS HERE!!!
Wednesday November 30th, 2011, UPDATE:
The trucking company was able to locate a 40' high cube shipping container.
We are loading today and tomorrow Thursday from 10 until 4.
We will start loading today but save half for Thursday.
In any case we have to complete the loading by Friday when it has to be returned to the rail yard.
Tuesday November 29th, 2011, UPDATE:
At the moment-5pm today, our trucker is unable to find a 40' high cube, so we may need to postpone this loading, the temperature tomorrow seems to want to cooperate-40deg with 10mph wind, however we may be without a container to load.
If a container appears tomorrow morning as promised, we will load as scheduled.
Any volunteers interested in helping are more than welcome to show up, if we don't have a box we will the heated shop upstairs open for volunteering ...
We are filling a container to ship bikes to the Prisoner Support Organization in Uganda the Wednesday after Thanksgiving.
Check here & here for information on previous successful shipments to this partner in May & October 2010, here for the container we sent in May this year and here for pictures of the arrival and unpacking of a container bikes in Uganda.
Angola Shipping Party
344 Used Adult bicycles.
69 Used Children's bicycles
413 total used bicycles
73 used extra tires
53 used extra wheels
four boxes of parts
Some adult bicycles have one or both wheels removed for packing.
We will be loading about 500 bikes for our Angola partner Associacao Nacional de Apoio no Ensino e Instrucao de Menores (National Association of Support in Teaching and Instruction of Children).
B.E.N., Namibia, Shipping Party
From: Michael Linke
To: Lee Ravenscroft
Cc: Keith Oberg
Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 11:52 AM
Dear Lee,
This is a long overdue email to say thanks for your last shipment, which was distributed to the following Bicycle Empowerment Centres:
94 bikes to DEEP-Disability Economic Empowerment Project
94 bikes to TKMOAMS-HIV AIDS support organisation
84 bikes to Lifeline Childline counselling service
50 bikes to Okathitu Bikes
