Angola Shipping Party - completed!
We stuffed 487 bikes (387 adult MTBs & 100 20" BMX, etc.) into the container, along with extra wheels & tyres, etc.
We WILL be filling a container bound for Angola this coming Saturday, September 4th.
This shipment is being arranged with our partners at the SHAREcircle.
Ability Bikes, Ghana, Shipping Party - completed
We filled the Ghana-bound container with 382 used adult mountain bikes with front wheel removed, 108 Used children's bikes (about half 20" wheels and half smaller) complete, 7 bags of innertubes, 6 boxes of parts for Bamboosera & 2 bundles of used mountain bike tires.
If you have a Facebook account you can see pictures here!
El Salvador Shipping Party - completed
Thanks to all who came to help, despite the heat & humidity! We got 439 bikes, 307 adult & 132 childrens, into the container - alomng with more frames, wheels, tyres and other assorted parts.
We will be filling a container bound for the Salvadoran American Humanitarian Foundation with our partners at Bikes for the World on Saturday, July 10th, at 2434 S. Western Avenue.
El Salvador Shipping Party - completed
We crammed 496 bikes into the container - 389 adult & 107 child bikes - and a lot of spares: tyres, tubes, wheels, small parts, etc.
On Saturday, May 15th, at 2434 S. Western Avenue we will be filling a container bound for the Salvadoran American Humanitarian Foundation with our partners at Bikes for the World.
WPSO, Uganda, Shipping Party - COMPLETED
We'll call it 518 bikes to Uganda ... had trouble closing the door to the shipping container! Comprising 448 used adult mountain bikes, 70 used children's bikes, 9 boxes of used parts, 33 used rubber tires & 2 bags of used inner-tubes.
We will be sending a container of 500 bikes to the Women's Prisoner Support Organization in Uganda, on Saturday May 8th from 10am until 3pm at 2434 S. Western Avenue.
Shipping Party for the Village Bicycle Project in Ghana - completed
We left the front wheels on, as requested, and got around 350 bikes into the container, along with numerous spare parts, etc.
Shipping Party for the Village Bicycle Project in Ghana!
The Village Bicycle Project provides donated used bikes, bicycle repair training and new tools to help bicycles become a sustainable transportation choice in Africa.
El Salvador Shipping Party - COMPLETED
Companeros,
Here is the manifest for the CESTA shipment on 12/19/2009.
260 used adult mountain bikes (front wheels removed and labeled)
37 used adult racing bikes (front wheels removed and labeled)
27 used 20" bmx bikes (front wheels removed and labeled)
237 used adult bike frames (most are bike shop quality)
84 used adult wheels
60 new tires
4 boxes of parts (without the box)
seal: ASC6449
container: APHU 670546-3
Other organizations would call this 561 bikes.
Tanzania Shipping Party
Despite the chilly weather, a brave group of volunteers showed up to help load the container with 516 bikes, 436 adult MTbs and 80 20" BMXs, and a good supply of spare parts!
We plan to load another container with bikes for the Vijana Vocational Center in Arusah Tanzania on Saturday, December 5th, from 10am to 3pm at 2434 S. Western Avenue.
Tanzania Shipping Party-completed
We plan to load a container with bikes for the Vijana Vocational Center in Arusah Tanzania on Saturday, November 7th, from 10am to 3pm at 2434 S. Western Avenue.
The Vijana Vocational Training Centre is a project of our partners at the Global Alliance for Africa, who have sponsored many bike drives for Working Bikes ...
