World Bicycle Relief is grateful for the partnership of Techbikers in implementing the Bicycles for Educational Empowerment Program (BEEP) at Kasizi Primary School in Kaloma, Zambia. Techbikers has provided 76 life-changing Buffalo Bicycles and a path out of poverty for students whose educations were at risk due to long and unsafe walks to school.
World Bicycle Relief has trained a Bicycle Supervisory Committee (BSC) made up of local community members who have selected students to receive Buffalo Bicycles. Students were selected based on distance traveled to school and vulnerability criteria created by the BSC.
All bicycles are not created equal. The Buffalo Bicycle is purpose-built for rugged conditions, heavy loads, and daily use by students like those at Kasizi Primary School. The students you’ve empowered can now reach school safely and on time. With their bicycles, students have extra time for studies, chores at home and after-school activities. Students also transport family members to health clinics and carry goods like water and grain to and from distant markets with their Buffalo Bicycles.
Although schools have been closed to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic, the bikes were distributed to recipients this year to help their families during this challenging time globally. While students wait for the schools to reopen, their families are able to use the bicycles to help with their livelihoods and day-to-day chores, as well as to access healthcare and other essential goods and services. The Buffalo Bicycles that you provided will also serve as a vital motivator to get students back to school once they open in 2021.