The Bike Project of 2011 was a great success!
582 bikes plus additional bike parts were shipped to Ghana Africa from the 2011 drive held on May 7th. Even though the day was rainy, windy and cold 85 volunteers helped to load the cargo container.
(Photos coming soon.)

Your used bicycle can greatly enrich the life of a poor family in Africa or elsewhere in the world!
In scores of poverty villages on this planet, the only transportation is by foot or bicycle. While those with bikes can reach distant jobs, schools or markets, without transportation other families constantly fall further into multi-generational poverty. Several years ago we discovered how dramatically the ownership of one bicycle transforms a barely subsisting family into one of improved security, health and self-reliance. Since then ARAS has made sending bikes to poverty villages a priority. Over the last 4 years, in support of the Village Bicycle Project, ARAS collected thousands of bikes for Ghana alone.

Many bikes we accept are new or like-new while others need repairs or parts. However, if it is not badly rusted, any bike can be restored and made serviceable for thousands more miles. For a day of energetic fun and accomplishment, plan on being in Sammamish Washington on May 7th to help us prepare bikes for shipping. This is a community service project suitable for the whole family where we provide tools and teach what you need to know. For more information or if you have a bike to donate call (425) 868-8448 or email mary@arasfoundation.org

To make a donation of cash or other resources, please click here: Donations


Enjoy these photos from Bike Project 2009:
Photos by Debi Ayres tell-your-story-photo.com

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