Nearly 1 billion rural people around the world live far from the nearest road, putting education, access to healthcare, key poverty alleviation and opportunity far away and out of reach. Exclusion from many effective economic development and health innovations traps them in generational cycles of poverty.
Since 2005, World Bicycle Relief has championed rural access by developing effective, low-cost, sustainable models to help provide access to essential services. We work closely with partners, influencers, governments, development agencies, funders, the media and the private sector to change the way systems operate and services are delivered to make them more accessible and impactful.